News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Vision FirstNet Users Summit Delivers Opportunity to Connect, Learn and Shape the Future of Public Safety Communications | Tuesday September 1st, 2026 |
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Registration Closes Soon for September 14–16 Gathering of Public Safety and FirstNet Communications Leaders |
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| Fla. fire lieutenant fired over falsified paramedic training records | Tuesday September 1st, 2026 |
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Palm Bay officials found the lieutenant falsified clinical documentation and inaccurately reported hours and patient contacts in a paramedic program |
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| Kan. EMS agency receives grant funding for emergency medical equipment | Tuesday September 1st, 2026 |
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Rush County EMS received $3,750 from Western Cooperative Electric and the Golden Belt Community Foundation to maintain and improve equipment used by its crews |
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| Ohio city to route some 911 medical calls to nurses instead of EMS | Tuesday September 1st, 2026 |
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Columbus is expanding a nurse navigation program that directs eligible 911 callers to non-emergency care while keeping paramedics and ambulances available for higher-priority calls |
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| Texas firefighters respond to EMS call 220 feet above ground | Tuesday September 1st, 2026 |
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Fort Worth’s Technical Rescue Team reached a crane operator in distress, provided medical care and lowered him to safety using a rope system |
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| N.Y. EMS crew hospitalized after rig crashes while responding to call | Tuesday September 1st, 2026 |
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A TLC Emergency Medical Services ambulance went off the road while responding to a crash on the Onondaga Nation; both occupants were hospitalized in stable condition |
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| Rescuer runs 1.5 miles through N.C. gorge to deliver whole blood to injured climber | Monday August 31st, 2026 |
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A Burke Rescue volunteer carried whole blood across rugged terrain to help stabilize a climber injured in a high-angle fall during a five-hour rescue in Linville Gorge |
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| LODD: Ohio EMS mourns sudden loss of dedicated paramedic | Monday August 31st, 2026 |
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Spirit EMS Paramedic Karl Kleinekathoefer was found unresponsive in a bunk room while on duty |
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| 2 Boston EMTs hospitalized after assault at Caribbean Festival | Monday August 31st, 2026 |
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The Boston EMS union said two EMTs were bitten, kicked in the head and struck by thrown objects while responding to a call |
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| Fla. fire department uses double sequential defibrillation in cardiac arrest care | Monday August 31st, 2026 |
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Palm Beach County Fire Rescue’s new protocol uses two defibrillators and four pads to deliver dual shocks earlier for some cardiac arrest patients |
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