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Renton police officers arrived to assist fire crews with an unconscious person in a vehicle when they heard a gunshot that wounded a firefighter

Longmont’s Ballot Issue 3A failed with 64% opposed, derailing a decade-long plan to add 43 police, 31 fire and 12 crisis-response positions, as critics cited both tax concerns and distrust in giving police additional resources

VMSC-EMS Deputy Chief Bryson Schroeder said the ambulance corps’ radios are 10 to 12 years old and unserviceable, with North Wales Borough backing the no-match state grant application to equip every crew member with a radio compatible across Montgomery County

Officials cited an “additional administrative process requirement” in delaying the competitive portion of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program’s second-year funding, frustrating state leaders who had expected amounts by Oct. 31

A 2019 memo warning that AI could introduce bias based on accents, disabilities and race went unaddressed before the department began using the technology on live 911 medical calls in 2023, prompting experts to call for suspending its use until a public evaluation is completed

Strongsville voters approved a new levy to hire 12 firefighter-paramedics, North Royalton passed a renewal and increase generating $2.27 million annually, and Olmsted Falls renewed its existing fire levy while rejecting a separate income tax hike

El Dorado County voters rejected the proposed 30-year, three-eighths-cent sales tax increase, which would have raised an estimated $13 million annually for hospital upgrades, fire agencies, and wildfire prevention

Jackson County’s measure, which passed 36,228 to 26,783, will fund roughly $5.5 million in new 800-megahertz radios for all 641 fire and police radios countywide

From Washington's political shakeup to local EMS tax levies — what election results may mean for the future of emergency medical services

EMT Lily Robbins, injured in the explosion at Robbins Lumber Mill that killed two first responders and severely injured EMS Chief Sarah Tompkins, was escorted home by volunteer first responders to a community welcome in Searsmont

Wadsworth’s five-year measure raises the EMS levy from 3 to 4 mills, generating about $2.52 million annually, as voters also approved cutting the city’s fire levy to help offset the increase amid surging emergency call volumes

LaFayette’s advisory measure failed by just 36 votes, with town leaders saying they won’t pursue the roughly $1 million tax that would have funded round-the-clock EMS staffing and cut average response times from 14 minutes to about six

Police say a TASER was ineffective before a firefighter struck the advancing man with a Halligan tool during a South Side response

Wilmington firefighters found all six people already out of their vehicles when they arrived at the scene, and all were taken to the hospital with minor injuries following the crash

Jeffrey Call, accused of stealing more than $157,000 through unauthorized salaries and bonuses, was taken into custody after a judge issued a bench warrant when he missed his scheduled conference in Jefferson County Court

The new law, which also presumes fentanyl as cause of death in related overdose cases, aims to track the state’s fentanyl crisis, but recovery advocates warn it could discourage people from calling 911 and leaves implementation details unresolved

The program lets candidates with partial certifications earn $71,966 while completing paramedic training, as Dearborn works to hire 16 firefighters and raise staffing to its highest level in 119 years amid a statewide paramedic shortage

Ute Pass Regional Ambulance District’s federal grant will fund telehealth-equipped inter-facility transfers, community paramedic programs for high-risk patients and advanced training in obstetrics, pediatrics and wilderness medicine through a partnership with UCHealth Pikes Peak Regional Hospital

Worcester police say the patient stole a Coastal Medical Transport Systems ambulance from the Hospital for Behavioral Medicine before crashing it in neighboring West Boylston, sustaining life-threatening injuries

St. Charles County Ambulance District warns a failed .375% sales tax would leave 18 paramedic positions unfilled amid rapid county growth, months after voters rejected a 1% proposal, as a lawmaker notes the district already holds $36.8 million in unobligated funds