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Photo of the Week: Md. CPR, call taker reunion
An Anne Arundel County FCO Call Taker guided parents through CPR after their child choked and went into cardiac arrest before firefighters…
14 students, 2 teachers hospitalized after broken thermometer prompts Tenn. hazmat response
Chattanooga firefighters responded to a middle school for a possible mercury exposure before crews determined the broken thermometer contained alcohol
Cleveland aims to use $1M federal grant to replace aging public safety radios
Cleveland plans to use up to $1.03 million in federal funding to replace 151 mobile radios used by police, firefighters and EMS…
'High utilizers' cost Calif. FD $12.5M in less than 5 years
Sacramento Fire says 79 frequent 911 users generated more than 5,100 EMS responses, consuming emergency resources and contributing to response delays
Wyo. EMTs, paramedics plan strike as county moves to new ambulance provider
Thirty unionized EMTs and paramedics plan to strike after Fremont County moved toward replacing Frontier Ambulance with Cody Regional Health, a change…
17-year-old Pa. junior firefighter killed in e-bike crash while responding to call
A.F. Dobler Hose & Ladder Junior Firefighter Bryce Kaufmann died after his e-bike collided with a car while he was responding to…
Stuck in traffic, San Francisco EMS crew runs 2 blocks to deliver baby
Veteran field training officers and a newly licensed paramedic carried equipment through traffic to help deliver a healthy newborn
Okla. rural EMS leaders warn rising costs are outpacing property tax funding
Rural ambulance leaders told lawmakers that rising call volumes and operating costs are straining EMS districts as the state considers changes that…
EMT, firefighters struck by vehicle while working Tenn. interstate crash
Three Kingsport firefighters and a Sullivan County EMS EMT were hospitalized after a vehicle struck them as they loaded a patient into…
Va. city clears way for firefighters, police and other workers to bargain contracts
Portsmouth adopted rules to fully implement collective bargaining nearly three years after first authorizing it, establishing bargaining units for firefighters, police and…
Texas EMS leaders seek changes to $63.9M rural ambulance grant program
EMS leaders are asking Texas lawmakers to revise the Rural Ambulance Service Grant Program to give counties more flexibility in funding providers…
Trial remains on hold for W.Va. EMT charged in fatal dragging case
Kanawha County EMT Alyssa Middleton faces manslaughter and other felony charges in the death of John Lucas as the court considers venue…