News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| L.A. voters approve sales tax to fund fire department staffing, EMS response | Sunday November 15th, 2026 |
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The half-cent tax increase, passed 54% to 46%, will generate about $345 million annually to hire more firefighters and paramedics, repair stations and open new ones, as the department works to cut average response times currently near eight minutes |
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| Wash. county FD's EMS levy headed for approval | Sunday November 15th, 2026 |
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Grant County Fire District 7’s Proposition No. 1, which would double the EMS levy rate and generate an estimated $250,000 annually, led 59.47% to 40.53%, securing four full-time positions as call volumes rise and a federal SAFER grant nears expiration |
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| Ind. FD launches EMS service after predecessor’s ouster | Saturday November 14th, 2026 |
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Utica Fire & Rescue created its own EMS service after New Chapel EMS was ousted from the district, launching operations Nov. 16 with about 50 trained volunteers, including 15 EMTs and seven paramedics |
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| Heat blamed for 27 runners hospitalized at Calif. half-marathon | Saturday November 14th, 2026 |
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Santa Barbara County health officials said unusually warm temperatures, about 10 degrees above past years, caused the illness among 27 runners hospitalized Sunday, dismissing online rumors of contaminated water stations after inspections found no violations |
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| 'Miracle on the Mississippi': Dozens rescued after tanker strikes river cruise boat | Friday November 13th, 2026 |
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The Atlantic Asphalt tanker struck the American Heritage paddlewheel cruise boat on the Mississippi River, partially submerging it as all agencies respond to rescue efforts |
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| Rescues underway after tanker strikes New Orleans river cruise boat | Friday November 13th, 2026 |
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The Atlantic Asphalt tanker struck the American Heritage paddlewheel cruise boat on the Mississippi River, partially submerging it as all agencies respond to rescue efforts |
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| Wash. FD launches ‘Blood on Board’ program | Friday November 13th, 2026 |
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Richmond battalion chief vehicles now carry two units of whole blood for transfusions before patients reach the hospital, a shift officials say could save 30% more trauma and medical patients experiencing severe bleeding |
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| Calif. fire chief proposes paramedics on engines to cut ambulance delays | Friday November 13th, 2026 |
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Templeton Fire Chief Tom Peterson’s $500,000 proposal would add firefighter-paramedics and restore three-person staffing after some ambulance calls exceed 20-minute response times, with the district board set to discuss funding options Dec. 15 |
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| Watch: FDNY rescues woman trapped in fatal building collapse | Thursday November 12th, 2026 |
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About 250 firefighters dug through the wreckage of a three-story Brooklyn mixed-use building near a construction site, pulling survivors from beneath the rubble as search and rescue operations continued into the night, with seven of the casualties identified as children |
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| Minivan crash kills 3, critically injures 2 near L.A. metro station | Thursday November 12th, 2026 |
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A 61-year-old driver faces three counts of murder and DUI charges after his Toyota Sienna veered off the road at an “unsafe speed,” striking pedestrians and food vendors near a North Hollywood metro station during evening rush hour |
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