EMS1 Daily News

Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from home after work when he was killed in a head-on crash

A new program allows licensed UConn firefighter/paramedics to provide ALS, ending a decades-long restriction at the Storrs campus

Folsom Fire Department will hire 14 EMTs and paramedics in a restructuring expected to cut costs and restore an engine taken out of service last year

Town of Watertown Ambulance used the funding to purchase a new ambulance amid growing financial and staffing pressures on volunteer EMS

Weigh in on which GADCS data elements are most valuable as AIMHI seeks to reduce reporting burdens while preserving data used to inform Medicare reimbursement

The law allows rural EMS agencies to use part-time and on-call employees to help maintain ambulance coverage and improve emergency response times

HazMat 2 Environmental Fire Rescue will transition to an educational foundation a year after its decades-long partnership with Lancaster County ended

The Merced Fire Department now has a firefighter/paramedic on duty around the clock at every station as medical calls continue to rise

Hyde County EMS deployed a flight-trained paramedic aboard an eVTOL aircraft, arriving about 20 minutes ahead of a ground ambulance

Fairview EMS is expected to take over ambulance service in St. Paul Park and Newport after Cottage Grove cited rising healthcare costs and growing demand

Indian Hills Community College’s year-long program combines online coursework with hands-on clinical training to prepare students for EMT certification

Two people were taken to a hospital after a vehicle collided with an ambulance using its lights and sirens in Boulder

Nursing and EMS students can now interact with multiple characters inside a simulation, adding more realism to patient care dynamics

State EMS leaders want to grow community paramedicine, strengthen 911

London firefighters will continue responding to major medical emergencies under a new agreement that shifts routine calls and transports to Ambulance Inc. of Laurel County

The 31-year veteran resigned less than a year before pension eligibility after officials said his second government job violated the city's Home Rule Charter

Nash County EMS Director Dale Griffin, a paramedic and EMS leader for nearly four decades, died after being pulled from the water near Shackleford Banks

The Somerset County event brought first responders together at Flight 93 National Memorial to mark 25 years since the Sept. 11 attacks

Voters approved public safety millages in Auburn Hills and Royal Oak while rejecting police funding measures in three townships and a fire and EMS proposal in Orion Township

The scholarship program has trained 59 EMTs since 2021 while helping remove financial barriers to entering the EMS workforce