EMS1 Daily News

Larry Johnson, who flew into the chaos of the 1993 Waco raid as a CareFlite flight paramedic, details his experience treating the wounded and coping with PTSD in "Into the Fire"

Howard County’s council voted to extend up to $2,500 in annual tax credits to retired police, firefighters, correctional officers and 911 dispatchers starting in 2027, with an estimated 128 retirees becoming newly eligible

Warren County’s study will examine long-term solutions for struggling EMS districts as town budgets wrestle with rising costs and declining personnel statewide

Orange County’s EMS committee voted to restore Chapman Global Medical Center’s emergency designation, while sister hospital Orange County Global remains barred from receiving stroke patients by ambulance

Rep. Dan Meuser announced the Assistance to Firefighters Grant funding, which will support training, protective equipment, facility upgrades and apparatus for volunteer departments across several counties

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