5 EMS tips for a work-life balance
November 23, 2020
When the overtime pool is deep, many EMTs and paramedics will swim for as long as they possibly can
Calif. county air ambulance arrangement under fire after child’s death
November 23, 2020
An Orange County Fire Authority dispatcher sent a fire helicopter that arrived in 18 minutes — instead of calling a sheriff's copter only a minute away
Semi crashes into rig transporting patient
November 23, 2020
Both the driver and the passenger of the ambulance received non-life threatening injuries
Woman threatens to kill paramedics in her home
November 23, 2020
After an elderly woman was injured during a fall, responding paramedics were chased out of the home by the woman's daughter wielding a knife
FF-EMT shot while helping victim, apparatus peppered with gunfire
November 23, 2020
Gunfire erupted as DC Fire and EMS assisted shooting victims, injuring one firefighter-EMT, and damaging the apparatus on scene
Mo. communications specialist/paramedic dies from COVID-19
November 22, 2020
Scott Davidson, 45, is the second Kansas City Fire Department member to die from the virus over the weekend
SD city may eliminate public safety director position, separate police, fire/EMS departments
November 22, 2020
The Mitchell City Council is considering an ordinance that would replace the role with separate police and fire/EMS chiefs, following the abrupt resignation of the city's public safety head
Sensory bags help Ind. first responders better aid special needs patients
November 22, 2020
Ben's Blue Bags are named after Ben Kodicek, 6, who served as the inspiration for project
Child’s death fuels questions about Calif. county’s air ambulance system
November 22, 2020
A dispatcher sent a fire helicopter that took 18 minutes to arrive instead of a sheriff's helicopter that was one minute away
Pa. man organizes Thanksgiving meals for local police, EMS
November 21, 2020
This will be the 10th year running that resident Dave Johnson has organized a meal for first responders working on Turkey Day