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• Ala. ambulance company refusing to buy new rigs until city changes ordinance

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  The owner of First Response Ambulance Service says the company will not buy new ambulances unless fines and penalties that could put it out of business are changed

• Fla. firefighter-paramedic photographed in Capitol arrested

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  A charge of disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds was filed in the District of Columbia against Andrew Williams, a Sanford firefighter

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• NY EMS official allegedly stole $70K to pay for Jets tickets, other personal expenses

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  Sloatsburg Volunteer Ambulance Corps President Matthew Gannon is accused of misappropriating agency funds between 2016 and 2020

• Pa. ambulance service employees receive $35K in back pay due to insufficient sleep

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  The U.S. Department of Labor determined the private ambulance service violated federal labor laws by not providing the 12 employees with a reasonable sleep period

• Page, Wolfberg & Wirth announces diversity program with pro-bono legal services

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  The EMS law firm's Inclusion Initiative will provide up to 25 hours of pro bono services to assist EMS entrepreneurs in Black, minority and historically disadvantaged communities

• Ohio bill to establish fund to pay for mental health treatment and lost wages from PTSD

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  House Bill 308 also prohibits employers from penalizing first responders who file a claim with the fund

• Congress passes bill to curb 'surprise bills' from air ambulance companies, hospitals

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  The bill also calls for an advisory committee to look into regulation of ground ambulance billing

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  EMS scenes are as safe as we can make them, but that’s not the same thing as being safe

• Conn. city orders probe of EMS chief after 'no confidence' vote

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  A seven-page letter signed by more than two dozen EMTs accuses the chief of bullying, misuse of department funds and working another job while on duty with the department

• Rural Mo. hospital, police say ambulance district refusing to transfer some patients

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  The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is investigating the alleged refusals, amidst other complaints and lawsuits against the district

• Wash. city council approves settlement of claim by daughter of intubated dead man

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  The city of Bellingham will pay $75,000 to the daughter of a man after fire department personnel practiced "tube checks" on the man's body after his death in an ambulance

• Scott Moore on COVID-19 Vaccination: EMS One-Stop With Rob Lawrence

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  The American Ambulance Association HR Consultant discusses options open to EMS managers to ensure providers are vaccinated

• San Diego signs contract with new ambulance provider

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  San Diego's switch to Falck led to multiple protest filings from American Medical Response, which has been the city's ambulance provider for the last 23 years

• HHS expands access to COVID-19 countermeasures in PREP Act declaration

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  The new amendment to the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act declaration aims to open more pathways for telehealth use and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine

• Calif. wrongful death suit seeks ban on use of 'improper restraints' in medical emergencies

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  The suit stems from the death of a Sacramento man who was treated for low blood sugar while handcuffed in a prone position

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