Recruitment & Retention
The EMS1 recruitment and retention topic includes research into what drives providers from the profession, tips for finding, recruiting, hiring and onboarding EMS personnel, as well as strategies for protecting provider emotional and physical health and increasing job satisfaction for the long haul
Clinical psychologist Rachelle Zemlok, a firefighter spouse, emphasizes the role first responder families play in career decisions
Chief Paramedic Mark Lockhart shares the 9-month process Durham EMS underwent to significantly increase EMS salaries
Our cohosts tackle monkeypox, state licensure, innovative recruitment solutions and the NREMT certification proposal
Groton Ambulance Association has also come under recent scrutiny for failing to staff ambulances
Our rigorous and data-driven process starts with observation and allows members to volunteer within their capabilities and talents
New city firefighter is the first graduate from a partnership program that trains low-income young people to become EMTs
Staffing, vehicle and equipment maintenance, high overhead costs and insurance reimbursement issues create a strain for EMS agencies across the state
The program changed shifts from eight hours to 12 in an effort to resolve staffing issues
A basic EMT and paramedic were previously required, and the new regulation raises concerns about staffing
With pay starting at $9.63 an hour, the EMS director said he hasn’t had a medic apply in over a year
The ordinance passed by the Spokane City Council affects a pilot program that sent sent single-person crews to lower acuity calls
Volunteers have an obligation to move the EMS profession forward by being informed, engaged, and involved
Groton Ambulance Association is accused of providing no service on seven days in April and May and not responding to five calls in June
The time they have available for volunteerism in public safety is decreasing
Officials are working together to ensure ambulances are available, staffed and released from the hospital quickly
The Kansas City (Mo.) Fire Department has invested $25,000 in scholarships to attend paramedic school, and is targeting minority students to diversify its team
The volunteer department has four members, and has until August to recruit at least six more
EMS director says hiring more medics and reducing shift length is vital to the safety of EMS providers and residents
With one ambulance manned by about a dozen volunteers, the town council is considering staffing proposals from another ambulance service
Harrisonburg Rescue Squad values quality service, positive attitudes and knows a little creature comfort goes a long way
Critics say the fire department’s rescue squad is not needed on calls also being responded to by a private ambulance service
With it becoming more difficult for EMTs to move up the ranks and fewer workers being hired, county officials are reevaluating staffing and overtime
Agencies have created an EMS Task Force of Northeast Wisconsin to explore changes and solutions for rural ambulance services
The firefighters in many St. Louis County fire departments do not look like those they are trained to protect
FTOs are the gatekeeper to EMS and can determine if a new employee will sink or swim; how detailed is your department’s program for new hires?
A restructuring will create a new two-tier response system to better staff peak demand times
The students were in an ambulance waiting for their training officer when a man came running up, saying his wife was having contractions
A team dedicated to seeking out candidates for police, fire and EMS aims to bolster the number of women and minorities within city’s public safety ranks
7 medics worked more than 2,000 hours of overtime in 2014; 20 percent of Baltimore Fire Department paramedic jobs are vacant