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A midair collision between two helicopters near Hammonton Municipal Airport prompted a large emergency response
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Champlain-Mooers Emergency Services celebrated the agency’s growth from a 1976 volunteer ambulance service to a two-station EMS operation
Providers say fear, not illness, is keeping patients away, with some rationing medication or skipping specialist visits to avoid potential encounters with federal agents
First responders in Berks County took part in specialized training designed to help recognize autism-related behaviors, communicate more effectively and reduce the risk of escalation during critical emergency calls
Paramedic Driver Gregory Varela and Paramedic Lieutenant Katrina Torres were first on scene of a house known to be used by squatters
Body camera footage shows an EMS dispatcher railing against Harford County deputies, expressing that she hoped they were killed and that “nobody likes cops”
If approved, the referendum would increase a $140,630 home’s annual Sublette fire district tax from $68.09 to $182.95 and a $225,450 home’s bill from $142.62 to $383.23
Jaffrey-Rindge Memorial Ambulance had threatened to stop responding in Rindge if it didn’t receive $27,000 it said it was owed and secure a 2026 cost agreement
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PRODUCT NEWS
Pa. police stopped the stolen rig more than 20 miles away
Naperville’s International MedTec series 4300 rig had been a reserve vehicle, was destined for Mexico, then went to a Ukrainian hospital before its current location
Social security numbers and other information belonging to at least 100,000 people was taken, according to court documents
The rig flipped onto its side, and one passenger in the Jeep had to be extricated
Area Ambulance Service is the latest U.S. agency to donate a used rig instead of selling it
After an ambulance with its lights and siren on was forced to drive onto a median to avoid a collision, Harmony EMS issued a reminder to pull over
Crews rushed to move the injured recruits off a live electrical wire downed in the crash and stabilize as many patients as possible
Central EMS EMT Gina Ayres, 57, was driving the ambulance in a turn lane with its lights and siren activated
‘We need a tourniquet': LASD recruits render aid to wounded after driver plowed into them during run
“We need an airway for him,” one recruit shouted, while another was heard repeatedly saying, “We need help, here. Help, here.”
All four people were transported to area hospitals