News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| Wash. firefighters warn station closure could strain EMS response times | Sunday November 1st, 2026 |
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Union President Jeremy Garrett says closing Station 82, which hosts ambulance crews and covers the airport and Columbia Basin College areas, would force three-person teams and expand response times as Pasco works to close a $14 million budget gap |
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| Ill. county tables ambulance bid process amid funding standoff with hospital | Sunday November 1st, 2026 |
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The Greene County board tabled putting ambulance service out for bid as Boyd Memorial Hospital warns a $263,000 funding cut could force it to scale down to a single ambulance, with the current contract set to expire Nov. 9 |
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| Former FDNY commissioner urges N.Y. to block driverless cars over safety fears | Saturday October 31st, 2026 |
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Salvatore Cassano is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature to keep driverless cars off New York streets, citing federal warnings about a pattern of autonomous vehicles interfering with police and firefighters at emergency scenes nationwide |
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| Coast Guard rescue swimmer recounts saving 16 from sinking boat off Mexico | Saturday October 31st, 2026 |
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Josh Law spent two hours alone in rough Pacific waters off Baja California, personally pulling 16 survivors to safety using the “buddy tow” technique, while 11 others were never found despite an 89-hour search |
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| Photo of the Week: New Texas EMS launches | Friday October 30th, 2026 |
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San Marcos EMS, the new department staffed largely by familiar paramedics and EMTs, joins San Marcos police and fire as the city’s third emergency service |
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| Calif. county launches 911 nurse triage program | Friday October 30th, 2026 |
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Merced County’s new 911 Nurse Navigation program aims to free up ambulances for critical emergencies by directing non-life-threatening callers to urgent care, telehealth or home care options instead |
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| N.C. county’s $60 EMS subscription covers ambulance costs for a year | Friday October 30th, 2026 |
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Wake County’s program eliminates out-of-pocket costs for emergency ambulance transport within the county for enrolled households, requires existing health insurance to join, and generates about $1.1 million annually for the county’s $92 million EMS budget |
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| Fla. firefighter/medic, nurse wife treat survivors of deadly Spain train crash | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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Jacksonville Firefighter/Paramedic Josue Garcia-Otero and his wife helped treat critically injured passengers after surviving a high-speed rail collision that killed at least 68 people |
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| N.M. hospital denies ransom payment after cyberattack diverts ambulances | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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Ransomware group Byod claims it accessed 36,000 systems and patient data, but UNM Health officials say the attack only hit end-user devices, not core servers, as the FBI conducts a forensic analysis following Monday’s two-hour ambulance diversion |
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| Fla. county seeks harsh sentence for air ambulance chief’s drug cover-up | Thursday October 29th, 2026 |
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The former Trauma Star captain convicted of covering up the chief flight nurse’s theft of fentanyl and other painkillers faces up to 68 years in prison, as Monroe County officials warn a light sentence would discourage future whistleblowers |
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