News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| 15-year-old charged in shooting that wounded 11 at Fla. homecoming game | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
|---|---|
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 |
|
| Va. deck collapse near university sends 28 to hospital | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
|---|---|
The collapse at a homecoming party in Williamsburg sent 13 people to the hospital by ambulance and 15 via their own transportation |
|
| Iowa county voters to decide EMS levy amid rising costs, budget questions | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
|---|---|
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 |
|
| Baltimore fire unions raise safety, funding concerns over new 911 diversion plan | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
|---|---|
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 |
|
| 25 hospitalized after Ga. school bus overturns following football game | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
|---|---|
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 |
|
| Pa. man charged with assaulting EMT, damaging ambulance during mental health transport | Monday October 26th, 2026 |
|---|---|
Walter Gera, 34, is accused of repeatedly kicking an EMT and damaging a Schuylkill EMS ambulance during a voluntary mental health transport, with troopers executing an arrest warrant after his psychiatric discharge |
|
| Minneapolis mental health crisis response program in limbo amid vendor fight | Sunday October 25th, 2026 |
|---|---|
A new audit found the city lacks basic oversight of its behavioral crisis response program, which has cost more than $25 million since 2021, as a council vote to keep current vendor Canopy Roots instead of a new contractor faces a mayoral veto |
|
| Calif. county to bid out ambulance contract for first time in 80 years | Sunday October 25th, 2026 |
|---|---|
San Luis Ambulance, the county’s exclusive provider since 1945, will compete against a Paso Robles-led public-private partnership proposal as county supervisors prepare a Request for Proposal update |
|
| Mich. fire departments win $698,000 grant for cardiac monitors | Saturday October 24th, 2026 |
|---|---|
North Oakland County Fire Authority, Oxford, Holly and Groveland Township will use the regional grant to replace 15 aging cardiac monitors |
|
| Ohio voters to decide EMS levy increase to fund 3 new paramedics | Saturday October 24th, 2026 |
|---|---|
North Royalton’s proposed five-year, 2-mill levy would generate about $2.27 million annually, letting the city hire three additional firefighter-paramedics to address rising EMS call volume and an aging population |
|