EMS1 Daily News

Tacoma City Manager Hyun Kim's 2027-2028 budget proposal would eliminate both alternative response programs to help close a $40 million shortfall

The Category 2 storm tore roofs off Pensacola and Panama City Beach buildings and killed two people under falling trees, as flash flood warnings extend into Georgia, the Carolinas and the Tennessee Valley

The Glick Recovery Campus, which saw 25% of patients brought in by Cleveland police, is ahead of its goal of 300 monthly visits as officials await County Council approval of $12 million in opioid settlement funding to sustain it

An Erie gunman killed seven relatives and a friend, including a 5-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl

Dozens of fire, EMS and police agencies will be honored Nov. 5 for safely evacuating more than 70 patients from Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City during a February blaze

Firefighters and volunteers rescued 36 residents from a flooding Minnesota nursing home in September, part of a KFF Health News analysis identifying 100 facilities nationwide where a major storm could bring at least 2 feet of water

New Castle County marks 50 years of service with a milestone gathering honoring the trailblazers who built one of the nation’s top EMS systems

Erica Carney’s lawsuit claims she was sidelined from Super Bowl rally shooting response planning and fired after repeatedly raising concerns about EMS training gaps, lapsed provider credentials and unsafe practices within the fire department

Just a day after launching as the town’s new emergency services provider, Jupiter Fire Rescue administered life-saving whole blood during a medical call, part of 30 responses in its first 24 hours

With 105 mph winds and a hurricane warning, thousands of National Guard troops are deploying as residents board up windows ahead of life-threatening storm surge

Albuquerque Fire Rescue has graduated 40 paramedics since 2023, with 25 more expected this year, alongside a record 40 EMT basics and 26 advanced EMT cadets

The Cedar Falls man was sentenced to 60 days in jail after pleading to a misdemeanor reduced from felony sexual abuse

The unanimous vote raises Bellingham's basic life support fees from $877 to $1,177 and advanced life support from $1,093 to $1,393

The late-forming storm prompted states of emergency in Florida and Alabama as it threatens the Panhandle and southern Mississippi with life-threatening storm surge and flooding this weekend

A NIOSH investigation shows how a routine transport escalated into a stabbing and why dispatch coding, staging triggers and patient-notification practices all factored into the outcome

The pilot lost control while taking off from Abel Island Airport, striking power lines before his aircraft landed upside down on a rural Guttenberg home's roof

San Jose Fire Department's six-month pilot sends a two-person mobile unit to connect residents with complex medical and behavioral health needs to long-term care, aiming to reduce repeat cycling through 911

Life-threatening emergency response times have climbed from 9:34 in 2021 to 13:09 this fiscal year as FDNY loses about 10 ambulance units daily to staffing shortages, with officials pointing to the pay gap between EMTs and firefighters

EMS and fire crews are using their bodies to form the Star of Life, posting it on social media and tagging the next department to do the same

The high court's refusal leaves in place lower court rulings that Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue could not reasonably accommodate firefighters who sought religious exemptions from Washington's 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate without undue hardship