EMS1 Daily News

Facing million-dollar price tags and years-long delays, fire and EMS agencies are using the Garage marketplace to buy and sell used rigs and fund new equipment

Investigators say an Islamorada firefighter/paramedic took a partially used vial after a call and falsified records

Firefighters, medics and special operations units responded to a bus crash, with one patient requiring a complex extrication

Authorities say a man took a Randolph County EMS ambulance from one hospital and drove it across counties before being arrested at another

A federal judge dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging Bristol responders used excessive force and denied care to a 23-year-old during a medical emergency in 2017

Rural providers say outdated reimbursement rates and workforce losses are forcing critical delays in emergency response

First responders described pushing through to clear the Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, contain the suspect and evacuate children to safety

Retired firefighter and longtime motorsports safety official Billy Hurt was killed when two emergency vehicles collided while responding to a crash during a sprint car race

EMS doesn’t choose people — it prioritizes patients based on risk, access and the realities of an unstable scene

Hall Ambulance EMTs used a new five-lead, AI-enabled ECG to confirm a heart attack in the field

A growing number of EMS calls routed to a contractor-run nurse line are not subject to response-time standards, prompting concern from officials and labor leaders

Advocates say Worcester’s dispatch model sends armed officers instead of clinicians, raising safety concerns and questions about EMS system design

Sublette officials say increased demand and lost grant funding are forcing a push to staff a newly deployed ambulance

A private ambulance driven by a relative ran a red light and crashed into another car, leaving an infant dead and the child’s mother hospitalized, police said

Union leaders warn up to 1,500 EMTs and paramedics may leave in 2026 as pay disparities with firefighters worsen staffing shortages and response times

Lillian Bonsignore, the first former EMT to lead the FDNY, reflects on the department’s uneasy 1996 merger with EMS

Advocates and lawmakers warn staffing shortages at the World Trade Center Health Program are causing treatment delays for sick 9/11 responders and survivors

Programs that send mental health clinicians instead of police to crisis calls are expanding nationwide, but inconsistent funding and limited Medicaid reimbursement threaten their long-term stability

The new Quick Response Unit designation allows Ferndale firefighters to respond to medical calls and reduce long ambulance wait times in their rural community

The new free service notifies trained Danville community members when someone nearby is in cardiac arrest, helping start CPR and locate an AED