News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| 'Not causing a problem' is not a size-up: Lessons from Ohio firefighter/paramedic stabbing | Wednesday October 7th, 2026 |
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A NIOSH investigation shows how a routine transport escalated into a stabbing and why dispatch coding, staging triggers and patient-notification practices all factored into the outcome |
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| Ultralight aircraft crashes onto Iowa home's roof after takeoff | Wednesday October 7th, 2026 |
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The pilot lost control while taking off from Abel Island Airport, striking power lines before his aircraft landed upside down on a rural Guttenberg home's roof |
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| Calif. FD launches community paramedicine pilot to ease ED, 911 strain | Wednesday October 7th, 2026 |
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San Jose Fire Department's six-month pilot sends a two-person mobile unit to connect residents with complex medical and behavioral health needs to long-term care, aiming to reduce repeat cycling through 911 |
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| NYC ambulance response times hit record high amid EMS staffing shortage | Wednesday October 7th, 2026 |
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Life-threatening emergency response times have climbed from 9:34 in 2021 to 13:09 this fiscal year as FDNY loses about 10 ambulance units daily to staffing shortages, with officials pointing to the pay gap between EMTs and firefighters |
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| 3 people, 6 points: The Star of Life challenge is spreading on social media | Tuesday October 6th, 2026 |
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EMS and fire crews are using their bodies to form the Star of Life, posting it on social media and tagging the next department to do the same |
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| Supreme Court declines to hear case of Wash. firefighters fired over vaccine mandate | Tuesday October 6th, 2026 |
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The high court's refusal leaves in place lower court rulings that Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue could not reasonably accommodate firefighters who sought religious exemptions from Washington's 2021 COVID-19 vaccine mandate without undue hardship |
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| 32-vehicle crash sends 15 to Idaho hospitals | Tuesday October 6th, 2026 |
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Idaho State Police say a crash involving a group of motorcyclists on I-84 near Caldwell caused several vehicles to pile up, prompting air and ground ambulances to transport about 15 people to local hospitals |
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| 2 dead, 26 injured in crash involving Fla. school bus | Tuesday October 6th, 2026 |
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A car crossed the center line and struck a Winter Haven school bus carrying 39 people, ripping off a tire and sending the bus into an oncoming Jeep that caught fire |
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| Pa. surpasses 1,000 measles cases, largest state outbreak in over 30 years | Tuesday October 6th, 2026 |
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With 198 hospitalizations and five deaths since April, Pennsylvania's outbreak is the largest since the early 1990s, as New York declares a disaster emergency and the CDC reports nearly 3,900 cases nationwide amid falling vaccination rates |
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| Neonatal Transport Incubator Platform-FL: 2026 EMS World Innovation Awards Finalist | Monday October 5th, 2026 |
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The platform lets air medical crews convert a LifePort AeroSled TS stretcher to carry a Dräger Isolette TI500 incubator in seconds, then revert it to standard use |
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