3/24/05

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Report Finds Huge Post-9/11 Gap Between Rhetoric and Reality: U.S. First Responders Underfunded by $100 Billion by 2008
Legislation will make it a felony to impersonate a firefighter, EMT or Red Cross volunteer - Illinois
Texas: Clinical Practices Supervisor
Rumble in Paradise - Massachusetts
Fire officials, Medic stress teamwork - Charlotte, North Carolina
FDA OKs Device to Treat Chest Aneurisms
In the red - Kerrville, Texas
Ambulance Crash-Related Injuries Among Emergency Medical Services Workers – United States, 1991-2002.
A pressing need for more medical units - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Paramedics seeking higher pay - Cleburne County , Alabama
Carmel Ambulance Corps to bill consumers - New York
Court orders FDNY to release 9/11 attack audiotapes - New York
Floyd F. Flanders, EMT/FF (ret.) - Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Accident involving Fire Department Vehicle injures three - Brownsville, Texas
Wings of Hope - Texas
Language barrier poses problems for emergency responders - Statesville, North Carolina
Better times for Lackawaxen ambulance - New York
New GM Christy Graves gets sights on grants for EMS - Harris County, Texas
Volunteer firefighter dies in crash - New Salem, Pennsylvania
Italian rescue workers
The rising occurrence of MRSA has those in the medical field worried - Texas
Dan Aguilar given Targa d’ Argento award - Colorado
William H. Whitehill, Chief (ret.) - Leesburg, Florida
Has the city bought a $54 million lemon?; Radio System Breakdowns - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Chicago Firefighters' Exam Biased; V - Illinois
City, firefighters OK labor pact - Jackson, Michigan
All About New York's 311 - New York
Gregory Lee Goodwin, EMT (ret.) - Juneau, Alaska
Retiring EMS director cites a need for time off - Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Voters to weigh in on paramedic service - Halifax, Massachusetts
14 Die In Massive Explosion At Refinery - Texas City, Texas
14 to be nailed to cross on Good Friday; Government will have a paramedic team in assistance - Cuba
Laurens working to avoid statewide medic shortage - Georgia
Women ready for the call - Martinsville, Maryland
MSSG-13 Corpsman ‘keeps the faith’ in mission - California
Chesterfield picks fire and EMS chief - Virginia
Keeping emergency workers in touch - South Bend, Indiana
METRO bus involved in accident with fire truck - Houston, Texas