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911 callers were put on hold and transferred, and the emergency radio system froze due to excessive traffic during the attack at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School
Daviess County Judge-Executive Al Mattingly requested a study be conducted on the feasibility of consolidating regional 911 dispatch centers into one center
EMS agencies across the nation submitted educational music videos that featured a song that can help bystanders maintain the ideal rate for chest compressions
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The county will start using AT&T wireless phone services and will save $360 a month compared to the Verizon rates the county was paying
Healthcare humorist David Glickman delivered an entertaining and inspiring collection of jokes, songs and stories to EMS leaders
Commissioners were asked to approve $92,500 for Next-Gen call routing software and $1.3 million for an upgrade/refresh to the VESTA system
MedStar bike medics are providing treatment to the injured resulting is a dramatic reduction in ambulance and fire calls
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The emergency communication tower necessary for loggers, fire personnel and ham radio operators was cut down over the weekend, causing more than $60,000 in damage
Problems with portable communications between firefighters, police and emergency services personnel are getting worse and becoming more frequent
The show “Live Rescue” follows firefighters, paramedics and EMTs from seven cities live as they respond to rescue calls
CBS announced a new one-hour special competition, “Lip Sync to the Rescue,” which will pit first responders against each other in a lip sync battle showdown
Danbury firefighters posted on Facebook Sunday, photos of truck along with the man who built it - Fire Chief Ron Morin of Maine
The city of Springfield has purchased more than 400 new Motorola radios, as well as a new radio system
Cross Scott remembered an episode of “The Office” where Michael Scott sings “Staying Alive” while doing chest compressions on a dummy
“Midnight Family” follows the Ochoa family in Mexico City, who run an ambulance company in a city where only 45 government-run ambulances serve 9 million residents
“The Team that Wouldn’t Be Here” shares the stories of NFL players who were saved by first responders
Trading his turnout gear for a pair of tights and a green coat, firefighter-paramedic Brendan Sullivan challenged “random pillow warriors” to spirited fights
On an episode of “Living Big in a Tiny House,” an old ambulance was turned into a camper that will be used to move the show’s tiny house projects
B.C. Emergency Health Services paramedics showed support for their colleague, Sharon Unger, by doing something to “make her laugh”
Albert Kreitz wrote “Partners for Life,” which is based on his experience working as an EMT in Los Angeles
In an episode titled “Addiction,” PBS’s “Nova” highlights some promising approaches to treating addiction and uses brain scans to show what our brains look like on drugs
The unnamed paramedic was suspended for failing to take off his uniform and dancing at the Defqon 1 music festival in Sydney, Australia
Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie are in talks to star in “Synchronic,” which follows two New Orleans paramedics who encounter a series of designer drug deaths
Emphasizing the old-world values of Squad 51’s Johnny and Roy in today’s EMS
In the first minutes of “Red Zone Paramedics,” paramedic Abdul Waheem Martin says EMS providers are seen as “soft targets” for criminals
“Nightwatch Nation” will follow EMS crews around the country while they work the overnight shift
Filmmaker Paula Eiselt’s documentary “93 Queen” follows a group of Hasidic women forming their own volunteer EMT service
The much-lauded documentary about three women fighting against the opioid crisis in Huntington, West Virginia, has been nominated for another award
Free Voice Media, a nonprofit documentary company, is working on a new project called Frequent Caller
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