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NJ EMS agency is back on track after implementing corrective action plan
EMS Consulting Services is overseeing the Delran Emergency Squad after its license was suspended and its former chief sentenced to jail
Dallas ambulance response times lag behind national standard
The Dallas Fire-Rescue department added a full-time ambulance and will implement a long-planned new tiered EMS dispatch software to improve response times
Four Dead in San Antonio House Fire, Murder-Suicide
Officers responding to a family disturbance found a house in flames and two bodies in the front yard.
Cultural Diversity in Ambulance Victoria and Life Saving Victoria
Training young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to become Ambulance Community Officers.
Similar Street Names in Tennessee Confuse EMTs
Two streets in Tennessee with similar names but nine miles apart are causing confusion for first responders.
Grand Junction, Colorado Tests Paramedic Vehicle Program
Pilot program will give paramedics their own vehicles for six months.
Community Paramedicine in Renfrew County, Ontario
The community paramedic program tackles demographic challenges by making house calls and doing remote monitoring of some of the sickest patients in…
University City, Missouri EMS Returns to Fire Department
The change was possible after University City received a federal grant, which allowed the department to hire and train 12 new firefighters.
Mich. ambulance crew reports drunken-driving crash
A Leland Fire and Rescue ambulance crew was returning from a call when they stumbled upon the crash and reported it to…
Survey: Two-thirds of Austin paramedics report being assaulted at work
An internal survey by Austin-Travis County EMS found that 22 communications employees said they had been verbally assaulted and 132 field medics…
Ky. ambulance service awarded $10K grant to purchase CPR machines
Officials also applied for the Kentucky Office of Homeland Security grant to allow the agency to equip all ambulances with the machines
3 first responders injured in Boston ambulance crash
Three EMS personnel and one civilian were transported to Boston-area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries