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Puppy Rescue

Sky Valley Fire crews used naloxone, CPR and oxygen to revive six puppies dropped at their station after a suspected fentanyl exposure.

Ambulance in the Creek

An Indiana ambulance slid off an icy road, hit a guardrail and flipped into a creek; both EMTs were hospitalized as a precaution, no patient aboard.

Renee Good FD Response

Newly released Minneapolis FD paperwork shows Renee Good suffered four gunshot wounds and was pulseless when paramedics reached her Jeep after the Jan. 7 ICE shooting.

I-95 Medevac

On I-95, a garbage truck rear-ended a parked tractor-trailer, killing the driver; three medevacs and the Shock Trauma GO-TEAM responded with whole blood and flew two survivors out.

Disaster University

Philadelphia Fire has opened “Disaster University,” a facility with high-fidelity disaster sets where 400-plus EMS providers have already trained for mass-casualty events.

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