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Seattle books entire hotel for first responder quarantine and isolation
The city will spend at least $2.8 million to book the entire 155-room hotel for three months
Minn. bill would allow presumption of work-related COVID-19
First responders in the state are urging lawmakers to pass the bill in order to ease the path to workers' compensation
FDNY EMS ordered not to transport cardiac arrest patients that can’t be resuscitated in field
EMS providers will be required to comply with the binding order, as hospital and ambulance resources are overstretched due to COVID-19
COVID-19: EMS deaths
Tracking the coronavirus-related deaths of EMTs and paramedics
Nobody’s here: How to stem the impending public safety staffing crisis
Two options include work-from-home dispatchers and using data to drive staffing decisions
Union head: FDNY to enact ‘doomsday scenario’ to help EMS
Hundreds of medically trained firefighters will be called to assist EMS with COVID-19 calls
What is the Defense Production Act, and could it help slow the PPE shortage?
A Korean War-era law has been touted by several health officials, political leaders and historians as a way of getting needed supplies…
Video: Empire State Building lit up like ambulance siren to honor COVID-19 responders
Officials said the red and white lights will remain through the duration of the crisis
Temporary CMS changes provide needed flexibility
CMS has relaxed ambulance regulations and rules to assist EMS agencies nationwide during the public health emergency
Former EMT tries to convert bag valve masks into ventilators
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Professor Gregory Fischer hopes to create an open-source design that will help address COVID-19-driven ventilator shortages
Leadership during troubled times: Lessons for the COVID-19 crisis
As public safety agencies across the country adapt response models, we must not forget the need to adapt leadership strategies
Mass. lawmakers seek hazard duty pay for quarantined, infected first responders
A bipartisan proposal would prevent affected first responders in the state from needing to using their sick, personal or vacation days while…