News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Number of injured in Va. deck collapse rises to 39 | Tuesday October 27th, 2026 |
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Williamsburg officials revised the number of people hurt in the homecoming party deck collapse from 28 to 39, with 13 taken by ambulance and 26 seeking their own transportation |
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| Cyberattack forces N.M.'s only Level 1 trauma center to divert ambulances | Tuesday October 27th, 2026 |
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UNM Health System canceled clinic appointments and sent ambulances elsewhere as it worked to resolve a cybersecurity incident involving a claimed theft of patient and employee data |
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| Calif. first responders train for mass casualty scenarios ahead of Sikh Parade | Tuesday October 27th, 2026 |
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About 15 regional firefighters and EMTs practiced triaging simulated patients ahead of the Nov. 1 Sikh Parade, which draws roughly 150,000 attendees to a city of 70,000, with no other equipped hospital within 45 miles |
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| 1 dead, 2 injured in Mich. ambulance crash | Tuesday October 27th, 2026 |
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A 36-year-old patient died after the Aspire Health System ambulance transporting her rolled over when struck by a Jeep Grand Cherokee in Sterling Heights |
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| 4 injured in KY ambulance crash | Tuesday October 27th, 2026 |
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A Rowan County ambulance carrying a critical patient collided with a car in Lexington, sending three others to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries while a second ambulance completed the patient’s transport |
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| 15-year-old charged in shooting that wounded 11 at Fla. homecoming game | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
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Police say a fight preceded the shooting outside FAMU’s Bragg Memorial Stadium, with none of the 11 gunshot victims, six of them minors, believed to be intended targets |
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| Va. deck collapse near university sends 28 to hospital | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
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The collapse at a homecoming party in Williamsburg sent 13 people to the hospital by ambulance and 15 via their own transportation |
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| Iowa county voters to decide EMS levy amid rising costs, budget questions | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
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The proposed levy would let Iowa County supervisors collect up to $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed value for 15 years, as one supervisor questions the need given flat call volume despite EMS expenses rising more than 30% since 2022 |
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| Baltimore fire unions raise safety, funding concerns over new 911 diversion plan | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
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Fire union leaders fear removing police from nonviolent 911 calls could endanger first responders if situations turn dangerous, as finance officials warn the $16.8 million Department of Neighborhood Safety could exhaust opioid settlement funding by 2032 |
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| 25 hospitalized after Ga. school bus overturns following football game | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
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The Salem High School bus overturned nearly a full rotation after striking a Kia while exiting I-20, with one student airlifted via Life Flight among 27 people aboard |
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