News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Stolen Texas ambulance involved in pursuit, fatal shooting | Thursday August 13th, 2026 |
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The Fort Worth Fire Department ambulance was stolen from Station 4 before turning up damaged on Interstate 35 in Austin |
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| Idaho man sentenced in crash that killed paramedic | Thursday August 13th, 2026 |
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Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from home after work when he was killed in a head-on crash |
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| Conn. firefighter/paramedics' ALS restriction lifted at university campus | Thursday August 13th, 2026 |
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A new program allows licensed UConn firefighter/paramedics to provide ALS, ending a decades-long restriction at the Storrs campus |
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| Calif. FD adds single-role EMS positions, returns engine company to service | Thursday August 13th, 2026 |
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Folsom Fire Department will hire 14 EMTs and paramedics in a restructuring expected to cut costs and restore an engine taken out of service last year |
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| N.Y. ambulance service receives $50K grant for new rig | Thursday August 13th, 2026 |
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Town of Watertown Ambulance used the funding to purchase a new ambulance amid growing financial and staffing pressures on volunteer EMS |
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| EMS agencies invited to help streamline Medicare ambulance data reporting | Wednesday August 12th, 2026 |
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Weigh in on which GADCS data elements are most valuable as AIMHI seeks to reduce reporting burdens while preserving data used to inform Medicare reimbursement |
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| New Ill. law gives rural ambulance services more staffing flexibility | Wednesday August 12th, 2026 |
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The law allows rural EMS agencies to use part-time and on-call employees to help maintain ambulance coverage and improve emergency response times |
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| Pa. county hazmat team ends service due to finances | Wednesday August 12th, 2026 |
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HazMat 2 Environmental Fire Rescue will transition to an educational foundation a year after its decades-long partnership with Lancaster County ended |
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| Grants help Calif. FD attain 24/7 paramedic staffing at all firehouses | Wednesday August 12th, 2026 |
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The Merced Fire Department now has a firefighter/paramedic on duty around the clock at every station as medical calls continue to rise |
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| N.C. county EMS is first in nation to deploy eVTOL aircraft on 911 calls | Tuesday August 11th, 2026 |
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Hyde County EMS deployed a flight-trained paramedic aboard an eVTOL aircraft, arriving about 20 minutes ahead of a ground ambulance |
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