News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Operative IQ and Signifi partner to bring intelligent resource management to EMS agencies | Friday November 6th, 2026 |
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Integrated vending and smart locker solutions connect secure, automated access to critical supplies and equipment with centralized inventory and asset management |
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| Wash. firefighter shot, suspect killed during EMS call | Friday November 6th, 2026 |
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Renton police officers arrived to assist fire crews with an unconscious person in a vehicle when they heard a gunshot that wounded a firefighter |
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| Colo. voters reject tax hikes for over 80 new public safety positions | Friday November 6th, 2026 |
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Longmont’s Ballot Issue 3A failed with 64% opposed, derailing a decade-long plan to add 43 police, 31 fire and 12 crisis-response positions, as critics cited both tax concerns and distrust in giving police additional resources |
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| Pa. council backs $401K grant for new EMS radios | Friday November 6th, 2026 |
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VMSC-EMS Deputy Chief Bryson Schroeder said the ambulance corps’ radios are 10 to 12 years old and unserviceable, with North Wales Borough backing the no-match state grant application to equip every crew member with a radio compatible across Montgomery County |
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| Feds miss deadline to announce rural health fund awards to states | Friday November 6th, 2026 |
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Officials cited an “additional administrative process requirement” in delaying the competitive portion of the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program’s second-year funding, frustrating state leaders who had expected amounts by Oct. 31 |
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| Tech officer: Seattle FD ignored years-old equity warnings before deploying AI on 911 calls | Thursday November 5th, 2026 |
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A 2019 memo warning that AI could introduce bias based on accents, disabilities and race went unaddressed before the department began using the technology on live 911 medical calls in 2023, prompting experts to call for suspending its use until a public evaluation is completed |
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| 3 Ohio county communities approve fire, EMS tax levies | Thursday November 5th, 2026 |
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Strongsville voters approved a new levy to hire 12 firefighter-paramedics, North Royalton passed a renewal and increase generating $2.27 million annually, and Olmsted Falls renewed its existing fire levy while rejecting a separate income tax hike |
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| Calif. county voters reject sales tax for hospital, fire funding | Thursday November 5th, 2026 |
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El Dorado County voters rejected the proposed 30-year, three-eighths-cent sales tax increase, which would have raised an estimated $13 million annually for hospital upgrades, fire agencies, and wildfire prevention |
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| Mich. voters approve 911 fee hike to fund new radios for first responders | Wednesday November 4th, 2026 |
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Jackson County’s measure, which passed 36,228 to 26,783, will fund roughly $5.5 million in new 800-megahertz radios for all 641 fire and police radios countywide |
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| Election day 2026: The votes are in. The EMS challenges haven't changed. | Wednesday November 4th, 2026 |
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From Washington's political shakeup to local EMS tax levies — what election results may mean for the future of emergency medical services |
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