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The IAFF said that two firefighters were killed and a third is in surgery after firefighters were ambushed at a brush fire on Canfield Mountain
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Northwest Ambulance District faces soaring equipment prices, staffing pressures as continued levies sustain service
A new Thompson Career Campus wing is training high school students for in-demand EMT jobs, backed by ARPA funds and grants
An Mecklenburg EMS MEDIC ambulance was hit by gunfire, renewing calls for state funding to equip EMS with ballistic vests.
Essex County plan would shift from county staffing to town-run EMS, using an estimated $2M a year in STR revenue to reimburse 50% of local EMS spending
Powell County EMS crew faces a hearing after learning that only wilderness paramedics can administer antivenom
The Illinois Department of Public Health rejected Orland Fire Protection District’s waiver to put an ambulance back in service after it was taken offline in June
Coworkers recall the dedication of the N.C. crew who died in the Chesapeake wrong-way collision
An OMB memo directs departments to plan “reductions in force” for lapsed-funded programs, going beyond past furloughs by eliminating positions
TRENDING NEWS
COLUMNISTS & EXPERTS
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Calls involving celebrities, chemical restraint, protests and mass shootings are just some of the scenarios that will put you in the public eye
From community risk reduction to treatment in place, other cities are reaping the benefits of advanced EMS systems. A proposed independent NYC EMS department could be the turning point.
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PRODUCT NEWS
The firefighters and police officers are believed to have possibly come in contact with the coronavirus at Life Care Center
More than 50 people in a nursing facility in the state have been reported feeling sick and are being tested for the virus
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has selected 205 applicants to test the program for five years
The city will become one of the first to try the program, which is designed to reduce Medicare costs by reimbursing non-hospital transports
Mineral County 911 also hopes to implement text-to-911 services within the next eight months
Former Detroit Paramedic Michael Hood used the rescue as an opportunity to remind parents to teach their kids about the dangers of icy water
The plan would draw millions from HHS accounts, including an Ebola preparedness account, and fund vaccines, treatment and protective equipment
Tampa Council Chairman Luis Viera championed the addition of the second ambulance after hearing of the station’s overwhelming call volume
The Stockton Fire Department plans to train more of its firefighters as paramedics through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant
The large rig has the capacity to carry more oxygen and can also serve as a bariatric truck