EMS1 Daily News

A court injunction has halted Collingswood’s move to privatize ambulance services as officials clash over ethics, transparency and how the change affects EMS response and firefighter staffing

Mass. city leaders face questions after ending 25-year ambulance provider relationship

Safe Streets and Roads for All program to help fund 24 blood administration programs

A fast-moving apartment fire in East Orange injured 38 people and displaced dozens of residents, requiring multiple rescues

A chain-reaction crash involving up to 17 vehicles — including a semi-truck — shut down southbound Highway 99 in Fresno County as dense fog dropped visibility to 10–15 feet

A Brownsburg Fire Territory ambulance returning from a call struck a guardrail on an icy road and overturned into a creek

About 15,000 nurses walked off the job at multiple New York City hospital systems after contract talks failed, a move that could force patient transfers, procedure cancellations and ambulance diversions

Gov. Josh Green said the funding will expand rural health care, EMS and workforce programs statewide

Despite legal concerns over billing language, the Lake Luzerne Town Board voted to approve a contract with Hadley and the Rockwell Falls Ambulance Service to ensure continued EMS operations

Chief Barton “Butch” Inks, who prioritized physical and mental health initiatives while leading the St. Paul Fire Department, retired this week after a 31-year career shaped by fire, EMS and loss

The OC Bomberos nonprofit has awarded more than 40 scholarships to help aspiring firefighters, EMTs and paramedics afford academy and medical training

Under a new state law, EMS providers must report known or suspected overdoses to a Pennsylvania State Police system aimed at tracking trends and identifying dangerous drug batches

Backed in part by NHTSA’s Office of EMS, the five-year effort targets improvements in EMS, 911 and post-crash care, including prehospital blood transfusion

Medical City Alliance plans to break ground on an eight-bed emergency department expansion and a revamped ambulance-bay layout designed to speed EMS access

With ambulance call volume rising and EMS staffing stretched thin, the Sublette Fire Department is launching a second year of its teen cadet program to build a pipeline of future EMTs and firefighters

The appeal comes weeks after a judge barred the Baltimore County paramedic from his family’s home amid allegations tied to a firehouse and a continuing police investigation

A two-vehicle collision involved a West Chester Township ambulance returning from a hospital transport

Authorities said the shooting in a parking lot outside an LDS church during a memorial service and does not appear to be a random or faith-targeted attack

Ohio County commissioners were told that paramedics’ pay increases have averaged less than 1% annually since 2020

A six-month Clark County Fire Department pilot using a paramedic, EMT, and social worker diverted 70% of behavioral health patients from emergency rooms and de-escalated 94% of crisis calls