News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Fla. firefighter/medic, nurse wife treat survivors of deadly Spain train crash | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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Jacksonville Firefighter/Paramedic Josue Garcia-Otero and his wife helped treat critically injured passengers after surviving a high-speed rail collision that killed at least 68 people |
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| N.M. hospital denies ransom payment after cyberattack diverts ambulances | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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Ransomware group Byod claims it accessed 36,000 systems and patient data, but UNM Health officials say the attack only hit end-user devices, not core servers, as the FBI conducts a forensic analysis following Monday’s two-hour ambulance diversion |
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| Fla. county seeks harsh sentence for air ambulance chief’s drug cover-up | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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The former Trauma Star captain convicted of covering up the chief flight nurse’s theft of fentanyl and other painkillers faces up to 68 years in prison, as Monroe County officials warn a light sentence would discourage future whistleblowers |
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| Pa. first responders rescue 3-year-old boy from septic tank | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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The boy held onto a rope for about 25 minutes while standing knee-deep in sewage after falling through a foot-wide vent pipe opening at Hickman Sanitation Company in West Chester |
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| High-speed train collision kills over 60 in Spain | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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A rail control center mistakenly ordered one high-speed train to resume movement while others were stalled, sending it slamming into a stationary train at up to 200 km/h, marking Spain’s second major rail disaster this year |
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| Gun regulation activist arrested for spray-painting 9/11 Memorial | Wednesday October 28th, 2026 |
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The man caused more than $2,550 in damage after spray-painting his website across victim panels at the memorial’s north pool, an act he filmed and posted to Instagram before his arrest |
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| Pa. law eases youth fire, EMS restrictions | Wednesday October 28th, 2026 |
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Gov. Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 2014, letting 14- and 15-year-old volunteers train until 10 p.m. on weekends and summer breaks instead of 9 p.m. and ride in emergency vehicles to calls, aiming to ease scheduling barriers amid a sharp decline in the state’s volunteer EMS and fire ranks |
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| Va. ambulance billing program generates $13M in first year | Wednesday October 28th, 2026 |
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Virginia Beach’s “compassionate billing” program, which doesn’t charge residents co-pays or deductibles, funded seven new ambulances and 43 new EMS hires while distributing $4.2 million to volunteer rescue squads that had struggled to keep pace with rising equipment costs |
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| Wis. municipalities double fire, EMS funding to avoid district disbandment | Wednesday October 28th, 2026 |
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Facing a $2.2 million budget shortfall driven by low Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements, Baraboo and surrounding municipalities agreed to raise their combined contributions from 18% to 37% of the district’s budget |
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| 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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