EMS Week: What it means to be ‘Always in Service’
May 6, 2019
Around-the-clock response capability is why EMS organizations exist, but individual EMS providers need to regularly go out of service to rest and recharge
Ill. cities concerned about dwindling volunteer pool of first responders
May 6, 2019
Several emergency volunteer agencies are operating with half of the volunteers ideally needed to fully respond to emergency situations in their coverage areas
Mass. city selects Brewster Ambulance Service to replace AMR as EMS provider
May 6, 2019
Brewster will provide the city a "mobile simulation lab" to help train local firefighters, and provide other special resources, such as mobile rehab units, utility vehicles and drones
Mass. city switches from AMR to Brewster Ambulance Service
May 6, 2019
Brewster will provide the city a "mobile simulation lab" to help train local firefighters, and provide other special resources, such as mobile rehab units, utility vehicles and drones
41 Dead in Fire in Russian Plane
May 6, 2019
Emergency workers have recovered 41 bodies and two flight recorders from the wreckage of a plane that caught fire during an emergency landing.
At Least Three Dead in Illinois Factory Explosion
May 6, 2019
Death toll rises in Waukegan silicone factory explosion.
Plane Runs Off Runway into Florida River
May 6, 2019
"We don't know what they were thinking or why they made that choice,"
FDNY names first female EMS chief
May 6, 2019
Lillian Bonsignore, a single mom barely out of her teens when she started as an emergency medical technician in 1991, becomes the first woman to hold the rank in the…
FDNY names first female, openly-gay EMS chief
May 6, 2019
Lillian Bonsignore, 50, will set two new milestones for the FDNY — becoming the highest-ranked woman in the uniformed service, and the highest-ranked openly gay member
Man caught driving stolen ambulance said he needed a ride home
May 5, 2019
A police officer pulled over the ambulance when he noticed it had extensive damage to the front bumper, a broken windshield and that the driver was in civilian clothes