Fire-EMS
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Steps to implementing unified command, staging and access learned from the Route 91 Harvest Festival attack
Mislabeling public safety K9s creates confusion, liability and access issues during high-stakes deployments
Laura Russell’s first hurricane activation as a paramedic turned into a fight for survival as levees broke and chaos spread
A former Nashville paramedic claims the city failed to accommodate his PTSD after a 2022 multi-fatality incident and retaliated when he sought help
Arlington Fire Department, AMR Arlington and Medical City Arlington have launched a Whole Blood Program, allowing paramedics to give transfusions in the field
The Rainbow City partnership will provide comprehensive medical oversight and protocol development, along with access to nationally recognized CEUs for all EMS providers
Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim Davis steps down after being placed on administrative leave amid firefighter union concerns over the MedStar merger and ambulance duty requirements
Eight children were among those injured in the Bladensburg hit-and-run crash
The Reading Fire Department recognized crews for reviving a cardiac arrest patient, rescuing a woman as flames closed in, advocating rapid hospital care and responding to a colleague’s medical emergency
Five graduates say the department reclassified them as EMS trainees just before contracts expired, then issued termination letters
The city unveiled 10 engines, 13 ambulances and 6 command vehicles to sustain fast response times and replace aging rigs
A Waterbury HR probe says recruits used phones, split screens and Google during an unsupervised final test
The Finance Committee advanced an $8M payout in the ambulance restraint death and $7.5M to the family of pastors killed during a police chase
FF/Paramedic AJ Gonzales and FF/EMT Makayla Bowers used irons and a water can to reach the victim, then performed intubation and administered a Cyanokit
A Fitch & Associates review urges contingency planning, including short- and long-term plans if Columbia EMS or any future business leaves the Quincy Valley
Redlands City Council opted against a measure to boost the paramedic tax despite a projected $130K gap
To sustain Medic One amid rising EMS costs, Whatcom County may take the 1% hike to help close a $2.9M gap
Fire and heavy smoke at Accurate Energetic Systems near Bucksnort forced crews to hold back amid ongoing detonations
Grand Junction would add three fire department posts for advanced-practice paramedics, redirecting lower-acuity and chronic calls under physician oversight
The plan for the Crossville city ambulance service is rescinded as the EMS plan heads to a 2026 referendum
Sterling Heights launched weekday BLS peak-demand units and color-coded dispatch to free ALS units for critical calls, reduce fatigue and better match resources
Minutes after the chopper went down, Sacramento Fire Capt. Peter Vandersluis rallied about 15 drivers to raise the medevac so a firefighter could rescue a paramedic
After a tandem jump in Nashville, a skydiver was rescued from a tree while the instructor was later found dead
Funding approved by the Central Texas Public Safety Commission will outfit all Austin Fire Department and Austin-Travis County EMScrews with upgraded body armor
EMT Azelyn Arenas found her daughter among five killed in the Lebanon fire, which also took two adults and two other children
On duty but not on a call, Bristol Firefighter/Paramedic Brandon Clawson suffered a medical emergency at the station
Terre Haute Fire Department adds fourth ALS ambulance to improve response times amid rising EMS call volume
An internal probe found the Waterbury recruits used phones and computers during the proctored test
Cadet Class 8 joins one of the nation’s busiest EMS systems
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