News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Minneapolis mental health crisis response program in limbo amid vendor fight | Sunday October 25th, 2026 |
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A new audit found the city lacks basic oversight of its behavioral crisis response program, which has cost more than $25 million since 2021, as a council vote to keep current vendor Canopy Roots instead of a new contractor faces a mayoral veto |
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| Calif. county to bid out ambulance contract for first time in 80 years | Sunday October 25th, 2026 |
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San Luis Ambulance, the county’s exclusive provider since 1945, will compete against a Paso Robles-led public-private partnership proposal as county supervisors prepare a Request for Proposal update |
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| Mich. fire departments win $698,000 grant for cardiac monitors | Saturday October 24th, 2026 |
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North Oakland County Fire Authority, Oxford, Holly and Groveland Township will use the regional grant to replace 15 aging cardiac monitors |
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| Ohio voters to decide EMS levy increase to fund 3 new paramedics | Saturday October 24th, 2026 |
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North Royalton’s proposed five-year, 2-mill levy would generate about $2.27 million annually, letting the city hire three additional firefighter-paramedics to address rising EMS call volume and an aging population |
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| Photo of the Week: Houston Mobile Stroke Unit honors Dr. David Persse | Friday October 23rd, 2026 |
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Houston Fire Department and Memorial Hermann dedicated the city’s second Mobile Stroke Unit, equipped with CT scanning and telemedicine, in honor of the late Dr. David Persse |
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| Colo. county rescuers answer 3 calls in 14 hours as first snow hits hunters | Friday October 23rd, 2026 |
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First-season snow and plunging temperatures prompted three separate backcountry rescue missions near Yampa and Hayden, including a hypothermic hunter hauled 1,500 feet uphill through snow |
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| Nev. EMS recruits Australian paramedics to ease Reno-area staffing shortage | Friday October 23rd, 2026 |
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Partnering with International Medic Solutions, REMSA Health is bringing trained medics from Australia into its northern Nevada workforce as about 60% of U.S. EMS agencies face staffing shortages |
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| Pa. lawmaker proposes sustainability fund to help struggling volunteer EMS, fire departments | Friday October 23rd, 2026 |
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Rep. Brenda Pugh’s Bill 2848 would provide grants of up to $25,000 every three years to small fire companies and incentivize voluntary consolidation, building on her earlier bill that offered a $6,000 tax credit for firefighters and EMS personnel |
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| Ala. hospital EMS seeks changes to city’s ambulance ordinance | Friday October 23rd, 2026 |
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Huntsville Hospital officials want Decatur to align staffing, mileage and response-time rules with practices already used in other counties |
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| La. EMS, FD partner to bring whole blood to the field | Thursday October 22nd, 2026 |
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East Baton Rouge EMS and St. George Fire Department’s new partnership will put 20 trained "Blood Medics" in the field starting Oct. 26 |
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