News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Driver of private Ohio ambulance service accused of abandoning patient, calling Uber home | Monday November 2nd, 2026 |
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The EMS provider reportedly got lost transporting a woman with chest pain to Cleveland Clinic, then told her he was done for the day and called an Uber home; a Cleveland EMS unit responded and completed her care |
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| N.M. officials pay $2.8M after first responders prematurely declared man dead | Monday November 2nd, 2026 |
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Jerome Tapia was left unattended with signs of life for two hours in Santa Fe after first responders determined him dead within 31 seconds, prompting the city to adopt new protocols requiring double pulse checks and cardiac monitor confirmation before field death declarations |
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| Flash floods trigger mass evacuations across Southwest as rivers near record highs | Monday November 2nd, 2026 |
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Pagosa Springs braced for the San Juan River to crest above its historic 1911 flood level as Sedona crews conducted rooftop and helicopter rescues, with the region seeing months’ worth of rain in just a couple of days |
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| Jet crashes into Florida neighborhood, killing all 9 aboard | Monday November 2nd, 2026 |
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The Austin-bound-for-Bahamas Learjet 60 entered a steep dive after reporting icing and turbulence, with the pilot radioing a mayday before crashing near Palm Beach County homes |
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| Wash. firefighters warn station closure could strain EMS response times | Sunday November 1st, 2026 |
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Union President Jeremy Garrett says closing Station 82, which hosts ambulance crews and covers the airport and Columbia Basin College areas, would force three-person teams and expand response times as Pasco works to close a $14 million budget gap |
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| Ill. county tables ambulance bid process amid funding standoff with hospital | Sunday November 1st, 2026 |
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The Greene County board tabled putting ambulance service out for bid as Boyd Memorial Hospital warns a $263,000 funding cut could force it to scale down to a single ambulance, with the current contract set to expire Nov. 9 |
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| Former FDNY commissioner urges N.Y. to block driverless cars over safety fears | Saturday October 31st, 2026 |
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Salvatore Cassano is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature to keep driverless cars off New York streets, citing federal warnings about a pattern of autonomous vehicles interfering with police and firefighters at emergency scenes nationwide |
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| Coast Guard rescue swimmer recounts saving 16 from sinking boat off Mexico | Saturday October 31st, 2026 |
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Josh Law spent two hours alone in rough Pacific waters off Baja California, personally pulling 16 survivors to safety using the “buddy tow” technique, while 11 others were never found despite an 89-hour search |
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| 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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