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With response times exceeding 9 – 25 minutes in some rural areas, lawmakers are backing a bill to create a public EMS dashboard to improve transparency and guide resource allocation
Police are treating the fire that damaged four ambulances belonging to a Jewish volunteer organization in London as an antisemitic hate crime
Staten Island’s response times have declined over the past decade as rising call volume and staffing shortages slow advanced and basic life support responses
Bi-County Ambulance marked its 50th anniversary with a ceremony honoring its history, founder and ongoing investments
Factoryville officials voiced support for local ambulance service and approved a letter backing a proposed $500,000 federal grant aimed at helping EMS agencies across Wyoming County
Dispatchers say smartphone location programs such as RapidSOS and what3words help them find callers with near-constant accuracy
Video from the scene shows the man, who was holding a knife in each hand, advancing toward Buffalo Police officers, prompting the fatal shooting
The San Antonio Fire Department earned the certification following policy changes focused on how personnel interact with the public and with one another
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
Firefighters, EMTs and paramedics have an obligation to respond regardless of their opinions about addiction and Narcan
EMS providers have a duty to make a good faith effort to provide competent, efficient and compassionate emergency care to everyone and anyone in need
Being assaulted may be part of the job for EMS providers, but it must not be tolerated or condoned by employers, leaders and peers
Preservation of evidence and scene documentation can help bring the guilty to justice and also ensure an innocent person is not wrongly convicted
Develop restraint polices, train to apply restraints and adhere to those policies when behavioral emergency patient restraint is indicated
It is critical for EMTs and paramedics to check in with one another and advocate nationally for recognition of PTSD as a work-related illness
PRODUCT NEWS
Auburn City Ambulance has a deficit of nearly $1M
Lincoln’s medic units will receive cardiac monitors, power cots, heart rhythm simulators, EADs and stair chairs
“Our high-fidelity program is designed to look very realistic,” said Dr. Nicholas Kman, professor of emergency medicine at Ohio State College of Medicine
The Municipal Emergency Services Authority in Lancaster County will set fees as it aims to address industry challenges
Crews added more than 2,000 wireless network antennas and additional improvements in and around State Farm Stadium and the Phoenix metro area
The Olympics-style games welcome first responders from around the country to compete in 50 different sports at venues throughout San Diego
Councilman Joseph Borelli plans to add language to the bill that would require the FD to replace aging vests as the protective material deteriorates
Upton police, fire and EMS members and mutual aid partners carried the man out of a wooded area and transported him to a hospital
EMS providers were tending to a patient when they noticed the vehicle was missing
The 35-year-old man died from compressional and positional asphyxia, which a coroner said was a result of being placed face down on a stretcher