News
Here you will find all of the latest news from our department.| 14 students, 2 teachers hospitalized after broken thermometer prompts Tenn. hazmat response | Thursday September 24th, 2026 |
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Chattanooga firefighters responded to a middle school for a possible mercury exposure before crews determined the broken thermometer contained alcohol |
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| Cleveland aims to use $1M federal grant to replace aging public safety radios | Thursday September 24th, 2026 |
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Cleveland plans to use up to $1.03 million in federal funding to replace 151 mobile radios used by police, firefighters and EMS crews in emergency vehicles |
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| 'High utilizers' cost Calif. FD $12.5M in less than 5 years | Thursday September 24th, 2026 |
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Sacramento Fire says 79 frequent 911 users generated more than 5,100 EMS responses, consuming emergency resources and contributing to response delays |
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| Wyo. EMTs, paramedics plan strike as county moves to new ambulance provider | Thursday September 24th, 2026 |
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Thirty unionized EMTs and paramedics plan to strike after Fremont County moved toward replacing Frontier Ambulance with Cody Regional Health, a change that would end their collective bargaining rights |
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| 17-year-old Pa. junior firefighter killed in e-bike crash while responding to call | Thursday September 24th, 2026 |
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A.F. Dobler Hose & Ladder Junior Firefighter Bryce Kaufmann died after his e-bike collided with a car while he was responding to an emergency call |
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| Stuck in traffic, San Francisco EMS crew runs 2 blocks to deliver baby | Wednesday September 23rd, 2026 |
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Veteran field training officers and a newly licensed paramedic carried equipment through traffic to help deliver a healthy newborn |
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| Okla. rural EMS leaders warn rising costs are outpacing property tax funding | Wednesday September 23rd, 2026 |
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Rural ambulance leaders told lawmakers that rising call volumes and operating costs are straining EMS districts as the state considers changes that could slow or reduce property tax revenue |
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| EMT, firefighters struck by vehicle while working Tenn. interstate crash | Wednesday September 23rd, 2026 |
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Three Kingsport firefighters and a Sullivan County EMS EMT were hospitalized after a vehicle struck them as they loaded a patient into an ambulance on I-26 |
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| Va. city clears way for firefighters, police and other workers to bargain contracts | Wednesday September 23rd, 2026 |
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Portsmouth adopted rules to fully implement collective bargaining nearly three years after first authorizing it, establishing bargaining units for firefighters, police and other city employees |
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| Texas EMS leaders seek changes to $63.9M rural ambulance grant program | Tuesday September 22nd, 2026 |
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EMS leaders are asking Texas lawmakers to revise the Rural Ambulance Service Grant Program to give counties more flexibility in funding providers and equipment |
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