News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| 2 off-duty Minn. firefighters killed in collision on lake | Monday July 13th, 2026 |
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A late-night collision between a pontoon boat and a commercial barge on Lake Pepin claimed three people, including two off-duty Wabasha firefighters |
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| N.C. volunteer EMS receives grant to equip QRV | Monday July 13th, 2026 |
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Suttontown EMS will use a $4,000+ grant to add emergency warning lights to a donated former sheriff’s K-9 vehicle |
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| Ambulance crash survivor calls for safer EMS transport design in wake of N.C. LODD | Monday July 13th, 2026 |
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After Paramedic Ashley Moore was killed in a high-speed ambulance crash, a Mecklenburg EMT urged more research into protecting crews during patient transport |
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| Helicopters rescue over 200 children from summer camp during Mo. flooding | Monday July 13th, 2026 |
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Emergency crews rescued hundreds of people from floodwaters, rooftops and stranded vehicles as heavy rain swept through Missouri and forced the evacuation of more than 200 summer campers |
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| Calif. hospital resumes receiving ambulance patients | Monday July 13th, 2026 |
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Orange County has restored Anaheim Global Medical Center's emergency receiving status, allowing ambulances to resume transporting 911 patients after a temporary suspension |
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| Ind. hospital plans $37M emergency, trauma center expansion | Sunday July 12th, 2026 |
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The Elkhart hospital will expand and renovate its Emergency and Trauma Center to add private rooms, behavioral health spaces and improved ambulance access |
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| Ohio officials approve co-responder program for behavioral health calls | Sunday July 12th, 2026 |
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A MetroHealth social worker will respond with Parma and Parma Heights police and firefighters to mental health, substance use, homelessness and other crisis calls |
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| Support team helps families of Calif. rescuers deployed to Venezuela | Saturday July 11th, 2026 |
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While Los Angeles County search-and-rescue crews worked in Venezuela after the deadly earthquakes, a three-person deployment support team helped care for their families |
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| Calif. invests $100M in community disaster preparedness | Saturday July 11th, 2026 |
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The Ready California program funds local groups providing emergency training, disaster supplies, translated information and alert sign-ups for vulnerable communities |
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| ‘Emergency!’ star, longtime EMS advocate Randolph Mantooth dies | Friday July 10th, 2026 |
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Mantooth’s portrayal of firefighter-paramedic Johnny Gage introduced millions of viewers to the emerging profession of paramedicine |
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