EMS1 Daily News

Smoke from fires in Canada and Minnesota darkened skies, reduced visibility and pushed air quality to unhealthy or hazardous levels across several states

New Hampshire has become the first state to extend its employee assistance program to volunteer firefighters, EMTs and other first responders

State funding has restored Greene County EMS, but local leaders say a long-term funding solution is still needed

Kevin Wells, a critical care transport paramedic and longtime EMS mentor, was killed while riding home after an overnight shift

A former Metro West EMT alleges she was fired after disabling cameras that recorded patients inside ambulances without their knowledge

“The next battle over ambulance reimbursement will not be won with emotional stories or clever slogans.”

Rescuers pulled people from San Francisco Bay after a three-deck pontoon boat sank during a family memorial service

Nashville police said the patient assaulted a paramedic during transport, fled the ambulance and later struck an officer

Pleasant Mount Emergency Services will end operations as volunteer shortages and financial challenges force the rural ambulance service

San Jose firefighter/paramedics will help patients with chronic illness, mental health, substance use and housing needs avoid repeated emergency calls

Michael Burling faces six felony counts alleging he misused Elliott County ambulance service funds and falsified records

A late-night collision between a pontoon boat and a commercial barge on Lake Pepin claimed three people, including two off-duty Wabasha firefighters

Suttontown EMS will use a $4,000+ grant to add emergency warning lights to a donated former sheriff’s K-9 vehicle

After Paramedic Ashley Moore was killed in a high-speed ambulance crash, a Mecklenburg EMT urged more research into protecting crews during patient transport

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

Orange County has restored Anaheim Global Medical Center's emergency receiving status, allowing ambulances to resume transporting 911 patients after a temporary suspension

The Elkhart hospital will expand and renovate its Emergency and Trauma Center to add private rooms, behavioral health spaces and improved ambulance access

A MetroHealth social worker will respond with Parma and Parma Heights police and firefighters to mental health, substance use, homelessness and other crisis calls

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

The Ready California program funds local groups providing emergency training, disaster supplies, translated information and alert sign-ups for vulnerable communities