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• Volunteer Minn. fire-rescue suspending first response service due to PPE shortage

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  The volunteers will no longer make first responses to medical calls before the primary ambulance provider arrives

• Former FF-medic, now a pharmacist, donates hand sanitizer to FD

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  Former Canton Firefighter-Paramedic Rosario Carcione donated 30 48-ounce bottles of sanitizer to the department where he used to work

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• NY mayor: COVID-19 crisis 'not the time' for FDNY pay raises

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  New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said during a radio interview that the issue should be addressed after the crisis has passed

• Regional ambulance service says it will still respond to town that suspended EMS

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  Med-Care Ambulance employees said they will continue to serve the community without town assistance despite disagreeing with the town's decision

• FDNY EMS ordered not to transport cardiac arrest patients that can’t be resuscitated in field

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  EMS providers will be required to comply with the binding order, as hospital and ambulance resources are overstretched due to COVID-19

• NJ firefighter-EMT dies from COVID-19

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  Passaic Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost said the death of 33-year-old Firefighter-EMT Israel Tolentino was “a clear line of duty death”

• 3 Ohio public safety agencies no longer revealing number of personnel tested positive for COVID-19

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  The Columbus Divisions of Fire and Police and Franklin County Sheriff's Office said they made the decision after consulting with legal counsel

• Adapting to a pandemic: The Tucson, Arizona, FD approach to COVID-19

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  Detailing the department’s adjustments to member health, patient care and transport, and PPE

• 17 Minn. FFs graduate early to aid COVID-19 response

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  The firefighters were allowed to graduate a month early to help fill gaps after 11 department members were quarantined

• Fla. fire departments poised to loan ambulance ventilators to hospitals

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  Eleven fire departments in Palm Beach County have agreed to lend their combined 70 ventilators to hospitals if the need arises

• Maine town's suspension of fire-EMS could trigger state investigation

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  Officials say the town suspended EMS operations due to COVID-19 exposure concerns without giving proper notice to the community and state licensing agency

• Fla. couple angered by distancing of paramedics on medical call

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  The couple claims the paramedics became irritated while questioning the patient from 10 feet away and asked him to drive himself to the hospital

• Ohio fire chief orders personnel to limit side jobs to reduce COVID-19 exposure

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  The order raised concerns that personnel who work part time at other public safety agencies would no longer be available to assist those communities

• FDNY sees highest call volume since 9/11

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  Union leaders said the COVID-19 crisis has driven 911 calls up by 40% while staff is decreasing as department members test positive

• Baltimore first responders to receive stipend during COVID-19 crisis

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  Firefighters, EMS providers and police officers will receive an additional $200 biweekly for their work during the pandemic

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