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Euclid firefighters handled more than 10,800 rescue and EMS calls in 2025 as the department explores alternative transport, referrals and other ways to preserve resources

The city is using opioid settlement funds to build a 24/7 response system that sends behavioral health and community support teams to calls that don’t require traditional emergency responders

Pennsylvania’s program distributing naloxone and drug testing strips added its first faith-based recovery partner as officials report more than 17,600 overdose reversals statewide

UCHealth Estes Valley Medical Center has 16 medics trained to provide advanced treatment during long transports and wilderness emergencies

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A medical helicopter was requested, but the patient was pronounced dead before the aircraft arrived

A new union contract provides critical incident leave, but dispatchers say more support is needed after traumatic calls and long shifts

Bridgewater officials say paramedics used a humeral head IO technique practiced during cadaver training while treating the severely injured patient

Federal mediation is scheduled as Hunter's Ambulance Service union leaders seek limits on mandated shifts

HB 26-1238 covers ambulance and air ambulance services while clarifying that off-duty EMS providers are not required to respond

The Fort Worth Fire Department ambulance was stolen from Station 4 before turning up damaged on Interstate 35 in Austin

Mecklenburg County paramedics can now administer whole blood to patients at the scene or during transport

Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from home after work when he was killed in a head-on crash

A new program allows licensed UConn firefighter/paramedics to provide ALS, ending a decades-long restriction at the Storrs campus

Folsom Fire Department will hire 14 EMTs and paramedics in a restructuring expected to cut costs and restore an engine taken out of service last year

Town of Watertown Ambulance used the funding to purchase a new ambulance amid growing financial and staffing pressures on volunteer EMS

Weigh in on which GADCS data elements are most valuable as AIMHI seeks to reduce reporting burdens while preserving data used to inform Medicare reimbursement

The law allows rural EMS agencies to use part-time and on-call employees to help maintain ambulance coverage and improve emergency response times

HazMat 2 Environmental Fire Rescue will transition to an educational foundation a year after its decades-long partnership with Lancaster County ended

The Merced Fire Department now has a firefighter/paramedic on duty around the clock at every station as medical calls continue to rise