EMS1 Daily News

Rising EMS staffing costs, declining volunteer ranks and reduced state support are squeezing county budgets as communities work to recruit and retain paramedics and EMTs

Mayo Clinic Ambulance Services paramedic Katie Ann Minter is recovering after a three-vehicle crash as community fundraisers raise money and provide meals for her family

A Cessna 150 collided with a Pennsylvania State Police Bell 407 near a Carlisle airport runway, killing the plane’s pilot and trapping two troopers in the helicopter

Sacred Cross EMS is rallying support for Herstle Renfroe, a longtime EMS provider and volunteer firefighter whose family died in a Parker County house fire

Grapevine firefighters cited concerns over staffing, fire response capabilities, communication and morale after department changes replaced an engine with an EMS-focused squad

Five firefighters and 14 civilians were taken to hospitals after an FDNY fire truck and MTA bus collided at a Bronx intersection

The firefighter was serving the community when flames engulfed his Parker County home

Two paramedics climbed onto their vehicle after becoming trapped in fast-moving floodwaters during Hurricane Lala

Shannon O’Neill-Gentry and Grant Gentry stopped at an El Dorado County crash and helped free a trapped woman as flames spread through her vehicle

Westford firefighters and a surgical team worked for over two hours to free a worker whose arm became trapped in machinery about 10 feet above the ground

California lifeguard Ryder Williams reunited with the 10-year-old boy he rescued in Santa Cruz as President Donald Trump praised his actions

Athens-Clarke County firefighters spent more than an hour freeing a worker trapped in machinery before a hospital trauma team was brought to the scene

The union censured Anne Arundel County State’s Attorney Anne Colt Leitess over the prosecution of a paramedic and an Annapolis alderman over opposition to additional EMS staffing

Santa Fe's Alternative Response Unit has fallen from 13 employees to five and lost its dedicated paramedics

Bernalillo County’s co-responder unit pairs clinicians, paramedics and detectives on behavioral health calls and now allows paramedics to administer an antipsychotic medication in the field

The union unanimously censured Gov. Abigail Spanberger after she vetoed legislation that would have expanded collective bargaining rights for firefighters, EMS personnel and other public employees

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