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• Ark. fire dept. awarded for exceptional EMS service

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  The Conway Fire Department received the Jon S. McMahan Service of the Year Award for their EMS Division that allows firefighters to become trained paramedics

• Chicago fire organization donates $30K to train young EMTs

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  Through the Black Fire Brigade’s donation, 30 young adults from the inner city will start EMT training with tuition, books and uniform covered

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  How Children’s Hospital of Omaha achieved interoperability between EMS and hospital patient data

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  Struggling with a documentation system that left providers with incomplete data, one EMS leader found a solution that works for both her team and her hospital

• Conn. city to form community emergency response team

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  The Medical Reserve Corps organizes medical and public health professionals to serve as volunteers in case of disaster

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  Dog leads responders to injured hiker

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  A canine hero led rescuers to an injured woman who had fallen 150 feet off a trail and was unable to shout for help

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  Paramedics working alongside firefighters battling wildfires

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  Paramedics are trying a new approach by working close to firefighters to keep them safe while they battle blazes across Ontario

• County officials to reopen review of medics suspended over medical call

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  Hillsborough County will reopen its review of four paramedics facing discipline in the case of a stroke patient who died, saying it needs to know more

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  Fla. fire dept.'s new station will trim response times with door technology

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  The new 22,000-square-foot Fire Station 1 is equipped with rapid opening doors synchronized to its emergency alarms

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  Netflix documentary 'Heroin(e)' receives Emmy nomination

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  The much-lauded documentary about three women fighting against the opioid crisis in Huntington, West Virginia, has been nominated for another award

• Maine city mulls ambulance options after spike in EMS calls

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  Ellsworth officials are studying whether to partner with a private ambulance company or start their own service

• Firefighter, civilian honored for saving man from burning truck

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  Firefighter Jeremy Menges and John Werner helped try to save a driver at the scene of the crash, and now the Kansas Highway Patrol has named them honorary troopers

• Fire dept. intern saves man’s life with newly-learned skills

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  Kaylee Mosley jumped into action to save a man who had driven into a wall by performing CPR, which she had just been certified in four days earlier

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  Pinnacle EMS Quick Take: Active shooter incident lessons learned for leaders

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  NFPA 3000 is a framework for preparing EMS agencies, fire departments, other responders and communities for active shooter incident response and recovery

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  LAFD partners with hospitals to expand advanced response program

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  The Advanced Provider Response Unit program provides direct care to patients who may not need immediate transportation to the emergency room

• Fire dept. improves response time with 8-man shift

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  First Selectman Rudy Marconi said “the eight-man shift has worked out very well” and that the department has seen a “definite reduction” in mutual aid needed

• SF Fire Commission looks to expand peer support for responders

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  Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White hopes to spend the next few months researching how to train more peer counselors and create a support network to help responders

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