News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Photo of the Week: New Texas EMS launches | Friday October 30th, 2026 |
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San Marcos EMS, the new department staffed largely by familiar paramedics and EMTs, joins San Marcos police and fire as the city’s third emergency service |
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| Calif. county launches 911 nurse triage program | Friday October 30th, 2026 |
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Merced County’s new 911 Nurse Navigation program aims to free up ambulances for critical emergencies by directing non-life-threatening callers to urgent care, telehealth or home care options instead |
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| N.C. county’s $60 EMS subscription covers ambulance costs for a year | Friday October 30th, 2026 |
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Wake County’s program eliminates out-of-pocket costs for emergency ambulance transport within the county for enrolled households, requires existing health insurance to join, and generates about $1.1 million annually for the county’s $92 million EMS budget |
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| Fla. firefighter/medic, nurse wife treat survivors of deadly Spain train crash | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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Jacksonville Firefighter/Paramedic Josue Garcia-Otero and his wife helped treat critically injured passengers after surviving a high-speed rail collision that killed at least 68 people |
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| N.M. hospital denies ransom payment after cyberattack diverts ambulances | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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Ransomware group Byod claims it accessed 36,000 systems and patient data, but UNM Health officials say the attack only hit end-user devices, not core servers, as the FBI conducts a forensic analysis following Monday’s two-hour ambulance diversion |
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| Fla. county seeks harsh sentence for air ambulance chief’s drug cover-up | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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The former Trauma Star captain convicted of covering up the chief flight nurse’s theft of fentanyl and other painkillers faces up to 68 years in prison, as Monroe County officials warn a light sentence would discourage future whistleblowers |
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| Pa. first responders rescue 3-year-old boy from septic tank | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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The boy held onto a rope for about 25 minutes while standing knee-deep in sewage after falling through a foot-wide vent pipe opening at Hickman Sanitation Company in West Chester |
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| High-speed train collision kills over 60 in Spain | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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A rail control center mistakenly ordered one high-speed train to resume movement while others were stalled, sending it slamming into a stationary train at up to 200 km/h, marking Spain’s second major rail disaster this year |
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| Gun regulation activist arrested for spray-painting 9/11 Memorial | Wednesday October 28th, 2026 |
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The man caused more than $2,550 in damage after spray-painting his website across victim panels at the memorial’s north pool, an act he filmed and posted to Instagram before his arrest |
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| Pa. law eases youth fire, EMS restrictions | Wednesday October 28th, 2026 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 2014, letting 14- and 15-year-old volunteers train until 10 p.m. on weekends and summer breaks instead of 9 p.m. and ride in emergency vehicles to calls, aiming to ease scheduling barriers amid a sharp decline in the state’s volunteer EMS and fire ranks |
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