EMS1 Daily News

Santa Fe's proposed restructuring would replace paramedics with EMTs and ARU technicians as city officials debate the future of the behavioral health response program

The Minnesota Air Rescue Team carried out its first helicopter hoist rescue to save two canoeists stranded overnight in the Boundary Waters after their canoe capsized

Acadian Ambulance recognized top EMS clinicians across its four-state service area

The funding will help expand hands-on training, CPR certification and disaster preparedness instruction for about 30 high school cadets in the Robbin Mackbee Firefighter/EMS Youth Academy

FDNY leaders said crews were trying to reach trapped workers when the explosion occurred, killing one civilian and injuring 29 firefighters and four EMS personnel

More than 20% of 911 calls to Columbia and Richland County were abandoned before operators answered, raising concerns about staffing shortages and emergency response delays

The bill would raise state income tax credits for active volunteer firefighters and ambulance corps members and allow them to receive local property tax exemptions

Firefighters and EMS crews responding to reports of trapped workers were caught in two explosions that injured 36 people, mostly first responders, and killed one civilian

Organizations across the U.S. recognized the people improving outcomes on the front lines of EMS

Two Bronx EMTs were unharmed but taken for evaluation after bullets struck their ambulance while at a call near a NYCHA complex

Fresno firefighters rescued a woman whose leg was impaled on a wrought iron fence after she ran from an ambulance

The proposed rule would cap some Medicaid supplemental payments for ambulance providers at Medicare Ambulance Fee Schedule rates beginning in 2029

Six EMS personnel and a supervisor received the Kim L. Lifesaver of the Year Award during EMS Week 2026 after treating a critically injured shooting victim before transport

A man alleges Rutherford police struck him while he was restrained inside an ambulance and removed more than 9 minutes of video from the incident

Paramedic Will Batalon and EMT Alexis De Costa were recognized during EMS Week after helping rescue seven people from a flooded home on Oahu

Among the updated guidance, NENA said telecommunicators should check the ALI NAM field for international callback numbers rather than rely on ANI

Hazmat teams were called to the scene, which Mountainair Mayor Peter Nieto said likely involved narcotics

Genesee County paramedic deputies can now administer blood transfusions in the field to patients suffering life-threatening blood loss

Independence first responders used specialized equipment to free a woman whose legs were trapped by a shifting boulder

The May 20 observance will recognize EMS clinicians who care for children and feature a free webinar on pediatric spinal motion restriction