News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Paramedic who responded to Branch Davidian raid shares story in new memoir | Monday October 12th, 2026 |
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Larry Johnson, who flew into the chaos of the 1993 Waco raid as a CareFlite flight paramedic, details his experience treating the wounded and coping with PTSD in "Into the Fire" |
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| Md. county council extends property tax credit to retired first responders | Monday October 12th, 2026 |
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Howard County’s council voted to extend up to $2,500 in annual tax credits to retired police, firefighters, correctional officers and 911 dispatchers starting in 2027, with an estimated 128 retirees becoming newly eligible |
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| N.Y. county launches $100K study to address EMS staffing crisis | Monday October 12th, 2026 |
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Warren County’s study will examine long-term solutions for struggling EMS districts as town budgets wrestle with rising costs and declining personnel statewide |
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| Calif. hospital regains ability to receive ambulances after 3-year revocation | Monday October 12th, 2026 |
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Orange County’s EMS committee voted to restore Chapman Global Medical Center’s emergency designation, while sister hospital Orange County Global remains barred from receiving stroke patients by ambulance |
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| 11 Pa. fire, EMS companies receive $2.8 million in FEMA grants | Monday October 12th, 2026 |
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Rep. Dan Meuser announced the Assistance to Firefighters Grant funding, which will support training, protective equipment, facility upgrades and apparatus for volunteer departments across several counties |
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| Wash. city's budget proposal would eliminate crisis response team | Sunday October 11th, 2026 |
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Tacoma City Manager Hyun Kim's 2027-2028 budget proposal would eliminate both alternative response programs to help close a $40 million shortfall |
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| Hurricane Isaias kills at least 4, knocks out power to 900,000 across Gulf Coast | Sunday October 11th, 2026 |
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The Category 2 storm tore roofs off Pensacola and Panama City Beach buildings and killed two people under falling trees, as flash flood warnings extend into Georgia, the Carolinas and the Tennessee Valley |
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| Ohio county's new crisis center sees 71 patients in first week | Sunday October 11th, 2026 |
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The Glick Recovery Campus, which saw 25% of patients brought in by Cleveland police, is ahead of its goal of 300 monthly visits as officials await County Council approval of $12 million in opioid settlement funding to sustain it |
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| Pa. man kills 8 relatives, friend before taking his own life | Sunday October 11th, 2026 |
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An Erie gunman killed seven relatives and a friend, including a 5-year-old boy and 1-year-old girl |
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| Pa. first responders honored for hospital evacuation during fire | Saturday October 10th, 2026 |
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Dozens of fire, EMS and police agencies will be honored Nov. 5 for safely evacuating more than 70 patients from Lehigh Valley Hospital–Dickson City during a February blaze |
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