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June 16, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Letter: Ambulance took 2 hours to transport fire chief to hospital

A South Carolina senator sent a letter to Aiken County officials outlining the incident in a call for improvements to the county's…

June 16, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Quick take: Keep up the external political pressure for the good of EMS

Funding, COVID-19, civil unrest: Resources from the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS Meeting for the challenges facing EMS

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

911 dispatcher watching George Floyd arrest in real time called supervisor

The dispatcher said what she was seeing on video looked "different," and she didn't care if the call made her look like…

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Mass. firefighter-paramedic dies of cancer

Mansfield Firefighter-Paramedic Michael McLaughlin, 39, died Saturday after a long battle with the disease

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Calif. county plans to partner EMTs, mental health workers on 911 calls

The pilot program will dispatch new mobile teams to help those having a mental health crisis or substance abuse problems

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Police: Man on bath salts stood on ambulance for 3 hours

First responders pulled the man off the rig after an hours-long standoff

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

IAFC president calls on Congress to be ‘heroes’ in support of fire, EMS during pandemic

Chief Gary Ludwig testified before a House committee, detailing how legislative efforts have helped fire and EMS personnel – and where shortcomings…

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Video: EMT, police officers pull man from burning car

Police said two fishermen who witnessed the crash scene assisted by cutting the driver's seat belt before officers arrived

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Proposed NM 911 program would reduce fire/EMS, police responses

Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller proposed a plan to send social workers and other specialists to mental health and homelessness-related calls

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Sheriff: Man destroyed $20K in ambulance equipment

The man also allegedly threatened EMTs and assaulted a sheriff's deputy

June 15, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Procession honors NM flight medic who died from COVID-19

San Juan AirCare Paramedic Glovis Foster was a veteran of the New Mexico Army National Guard and served as a medic in…

June 14, 2020 • EMS1 Daily News

Video: Australian medics flee ambulance in fear of patient

The paramedics said the patient threatened and lunged at them, leading them to flee to a nearby home

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