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Texas firefighters vote no confidence in fire chief amid EMS shift
Grapevine firefighters cited concerns over staffing, fire response capabilities, communication and morale after department changes replaced an engine with an EMS-focused squad
5 FDNY firefighters among 19 injured in crash with MTA bus
Five firefighters and 14 civilians were taken to hospitals after an FDNY fire truck and MTA bus collided at a Bronx intersection
Texas firefighter loses wife, 2 children in house fire
The firefighter was serving the community when flames engulfed his Parker County home
Hawaii National Guard rescues paramedics from floodwaters as rig washes away
Two paramedics climbed onto their vehicle after becoming trapped in fast-moving floodwaters during Hurricane Lala
Off-duty Calif. paramedic, firefighter husband rescue woman from burning car
Shannon O’Neill-Gentry and Grant Gentry stopped at an El Dorado County crash and helped free a trapped woman as flames spread through…
Surgeons called to free worker trapped in conveyor belt at Mass. facility
Westford firefighters and a surgical team worked for over two hours to free a worker whose arm became trapped in machinery about…
Teen lifeguard honored at White House after dramatic ocean rescue
California lifeguard Ryder Williams reunited with the 10-year-old boy he rescued in Santa Cruz as President Donald Trump praised his actions
Surgeons called to Ga. construction site for complex worker rescue
Athens-Clarke County firefighters spent more than an hour freeing a worker trapped in machinery before a hospital trauma team was brought to…
IAFF censures Md. prosecutor, alderman over paramedic's misconduct charge, staffing
The union censured Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess over the prosecution of a paramedic and an Annapolis alderman over…
N.M. city's behavioral health response unit faces staffing cuts, overhaul
Santa Fe's Alternative Response Unit has fallen from 13 employees to five and lost its dedicated paramedics
N.M. behavioral health team expands 911 response with paramedics, field medication
Bernalillo County’s co-responder unit pairs clinicians, paramedics and detectives on behavioral health calls and now allows paramedics to administer an antipsychotic medication…
IAFF censures Va. governor over collective bargaining
The union unanimously censured Gov. Abigail Spanberger after she vetoed legislation that would have expanded collective bargaining rights for firefighters, EMS personnel…