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The rewards outweigh the challenges when it comes to serving your own community
Guest host Rob Lawrence talks EMS advocacy: “We need voices. We need people. We need people to convey the message.”
Why right-sizing EMS response is crucial to increasing pay and improving work-life balance
A Hopkinsville board member proposed a wage reduction of about $20 per EMS paycheck, though some board members disputed this figure, preferring pay cuts to job losses
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Raleigh County officials are dividing over $300K to several EMS departments to supplement salaries
Bellevue officials approve a $4 an hour raise to retain personnel and recruit others
Kingston officials unanimously approved the funding to increase staffing in the city-run ambulance service
Lawmakers in Kingston have funded salaries for three paramedics and five EMTs
Task force members discussed funding, salaries, regulations and community paramedicine
Baltimore EMS personnel will be eligible for the retention bonus if they stay on the job for the next three years
Western University of Health Sciences students reviewed, funding, staffing, and an aging rural population
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A state grant from the Office of Emergency Management Services will enhance salaries in Mineral County
An advisory board member for Somerset-Pulaski EMS suggested that the long-term solution is for Pulaski to create a special taxing district
Somerset city officials are told employees are leaving for better pay and less calls
Hamilton County EMS has reversed course on chronically low pay and made an addition to its fleet
Ga. county officials respond to increased cost of living, giving first responders a second pay raise
Gwinnett County officials gave first responders a retroactive 8% pay raise due to increased costs of living, after increasing pay last year
Experienced paramedics will now start at $27.59 an hour, as opposed to the training wage of $16 an hour
Elite Ambulance employees say cost of fines were taken from their wages over tickets during emergency responses
Collective bargaining is being promoted as a recruitment, retention benefit for Portsmouth
Pulaski County Fiscal Court officials faced calls for increased pay in order to improve morale and retain EMS personnel
The Uniformed EMS Officers Union says the “Supervising Emergency Medical Service Specialist” position carries lieutenant responsibilities with less pay
Union members in Spokane County are voting to strike if an agreement with AMR is not reached
Falck averaged 879 ambulance hours per day in June, closer to the goal of 900 hours since taking over in November 2021
Officials plan to put all of St. Louis’ separate 911 centers for fire, EMS and police into one location, on one system
EMS union president asked if the city government values speedy delivery of bagels over EMS saving lives
EMS directors and personnel voiced their frustrations to legislators about staffing, pay and burnout
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