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• Conn. fire department awarded over $200K in FEMA grants

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  The fire department will use the funds to replace power stretchers and stretcher hoists in its ambulance fleet

• New tech in ambulances gives real-time monitoring capabilities to Ark. first responders

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  The Bella Vista Fire and EMS Department among first in the nation to launch cerebral oximetry machines in two of its ambulances

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  What EMS providers need to know and do to avoid serious breakdowns in the continuity of care

• Va. city first responders oppose raising mandatory retirement age

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  Virginia's police chief wants to raise the retirement age, but survey results of about 1,000 public safety employees show first responders are against the idea

• Baltimore fire chief adjusts recruiting practices amidst staffing shortages

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  Chief Niles Ford said the city will recruit firefighter-EMTs, eliminating separate recruitment tracks

• Ohio FF-paramedics finish mowing lawn for owner taken to ER

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  Medic 2 crew returned to the scene of an earlier medical call to finish up mowing for the owner

• New Minn. city budget would transfer funds from police to FD mental health program

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  The fire department would use the funds to implement new response protocols to more appropriately respond to mental health emergencies

• Texas fire department purchases off-road ambulances through state grants

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  The all-terrain response units will also be used at the 9/11 Memorial Bicycle Ride

• Fla. fire chief retires, requests probe of EMS billing company

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  The city of Apopka has also filed a lawsuit against National EMS Billing alleging fraud, breach of contract and unjust enrichment

• Ohio city fire department launches paramedicine program

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  The Akron Fire Department is launching a paramedicine program to offer free, in-home consultations to help residents and reduce non-emergency calls

• Report: Fire agencies in Calif. counties face crisis fueled by funding, labor shortfalls

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  A recent government study of 15 agencies found they struggle with too few firefighters, not enough money and ambulance services that are stretched thin

• SC city firefighters now equipped with naloxone

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  Firefighters will be carrying two doses of naloxone after the department administered the drug on 223 calls in one year

• Fla. task force to deploy to the Caribbean for Tropical Storm Dorian

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  A team of firefighters, medical crews, and hazmat specialists will provide search and rescue support, medical support, communications and damage assessment

• Va. city adds two medic units to meet advanced life support goal

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  Fredericksburg’s City Council set a priority in 2014 to establish around-the-clock advanced medical service to address the burden of increased medical calls

• Federal lawsuit filed against Wash. city, FD over dead man's intubation

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  Jai Ginn, wife of Bradley Ginn Sr., filed a federal lawsuit alleging that the parties violated her civil rights to due process

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