Thursday, November 30, 2006

11/30/06

MedStar opens new office, plans to add jobs - Massachusetts
Genesee sheriff defends chastised paramedic - Genesee County, Michigan
Valley Ambulances Mired at Hospital Emergency Rooms - Nevada
Ambulance workers reject contract offer - Adams County , Illinois
Rookie Paramedic Makes Save On First Day - New York, New York
Paramedic cleared of drug charges - Florida
Suspended San Luis firefighters terminated - San Luis, California
Longwood ambulance in accident - Pennsylvania
EMS Dispute Heats Up Again - West Virginia
Hospital lone bidder for ambulance service - Indiana
Martinsville tables Rural Metro service plan - Indiana
Coos Bay statue recalls firefighters - Oregon
Former Otho fire chief faces murder charge in Arizona - Iwa
Ambulance goes up in flames on Hwy 288 - Texas
Texas (Stafford) - EMS Dispatcher
Trooper arrests Rockaway Twp. fire official after crash-scene dispute - New Jersey
AMR Re-Accreditation as an EMD Center of Excellence - Connecticut
EMS workers learn to do their best - Pennsylvania
Ex-Forks emergency official charged with stealing $21K - Pennsylvania
Washington Co. Ambulances Without Narcotics While State Investigates - Missouri

Monday, November 27, 2006

11/27/06

Ambulance, motorcyclist crash - Salem, Massachusetts
Paramedics patrolling the shopping mayhem - California
Voters to determine fate of Medic 1 - King County, Washington
Hunter Appointed to EMS National Accreditation Committee - Kentucky
Medical libraries at the touch of a button - Boston, Massachusetts
Centers Give Medics War-Like Training - Las Vegas, Nevada
A humbling reality for former FF/Paramedic - Palm Beach, Florida
Memorial for generations to come - Oregon
Female firefighters challenge Portsmouth's light-duty policy - Virginia
Honor real heroes - Florida
Dozens of local first responders await call to active duty - Texas
4-year prison term for former paramedic in child porn case - Delaware
First Responders Learning Spanish - Las Vegas, Nevada
Wait Times When Calling 911 Long Time Problem - Indiana
Local community coming together to help support firefighter/paramedic - Copperas Cove , Texas
Retiring Costa Mesa Fire Battalion Chief Keith Fujimoto - California
Bad Toys Holdings, Inc. Announces the Filing of Amendment
AMR to leave metro area, cut 250 jobs - Michigan
Air Evac Ambulance Service Raises Questions About Safety - West Plains, Missouri
Ambulance charity seeks to expand gifts to Nigeria - California

Friday, November 24, 2006

11/24/06

EMS will now have a local voice in D.C.
Paramedic Injured On Scene - Tulsa, Oklahoma
Paramedics will be placed on fire engines - Salinas, California
Do what you like, like what you do - Ketchum, Idaho
Student-loan deal with state under scrutiny - Phoenix, Arizona
New labs at College of Technology - Billings, Montana
All work , no play - Guntersville, Florida
Recognizing 50 years of service - Warwick, New York
Off-Duty EMT Rescues Man At Dane County Airport - Wisconsin
Atlanta Firefighter Critically Hurt in Fire - Georgia
John Heller is a Hall-of-Famer - Iowa
N. Seneca Ambulance plans base relocation - New York
New 9-1-1 system to go online Nov. 30 - Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Just one of the guys - Fremont, Nebraska
At 82, longtime volunteer has no thoughts of stopping
Device takes on CPR duties but stirs doubts
NTSB: Helicopter may have had problems with fuel control unit - Colorado
Fury on the airwaves undid bias settlement - Los Angeles, California
Latest online porn charges against Santa Cruz man dismissed - California
Board questions need for EMT - Ludlow, Vermont

Monday, November 20, 2006

11/20/06

Sirens in the night called to paramedic - Oregon
Ambulance and tractor-trailer collide - Lower East Side, New York
Orange City fire inquiry starts - Florida
Lawyers want lawsuit against ambulance crew dismissed - Connecticut
Penn Township takes over - Pennsylvania
Another paramedic engine company goes in service- District of Columbia
Former Kent paramedic admits to porn charges - Delaware
Paramedic's life, work remembered at service - Fort Collins, Colorado
City mulls more control of emergency medical services - Great Falls, Montana
Ambulance transport collections on docket - Pitt County , North Carolina
Vigilance, training, not sirens, shield ambulance crews if others don’t yield - Arkansas
The singing EMT - Ohio
Ambulance back on county agenda - Tennessee
Long wait for ambulance - Votaw, Texas
Ceremony to honor Paramedic Gould - Poudre Valley , Colorado

Saturday, November 18, 2006

11/18/06

Paramedics trapped in ambulance for two hours - Lougheed Highway , BC, Canada
Ceremony to honor Paramedic Gould - Poudre Valley , Colorado
CareFlite ambulance now stationed in Celina - Texas
Hussey named new chief - Granville, Ohio
Reno fire department gets in gear with new ambulance - Pennsylvania
Ambulance back on county agenda - Morgan COunty, Indiana
Family sues Campbell County emergency workers, sheriff - Wright, Wyoming
Community needs to answer rescue squad’s call for help - Craig County, Virginia
Why Don't We Have Paramedics On Motorcycles? - New York
Clock ticks as Medina eyes ambulance service - New York
Life Force 3 Flight Nurses Ready For Duty - Georgia
With Population Rising, ER at Mayo Opens in Nick of Time - California
Ambulance Crew Attacked As They Treat Drunken Girl - UK
Massachusetts: EMT-I / EMT-P

Friday, November 17, 2006

11/17/06

Thursday, November 16, 2006

11/16/06

Dept. forced to sell fire trucks in wake of EMS levy failure - Elam, Washington
The search is on
Medicine races to keep up with street weaponry
EMT wife responds to EMT husbands fatal crash - Owl Canyon, Colorado
Widower takes issue with Big River ambulance crew - Missouri
LA Files Patient `Dumping' Charges - California
Crash involves ambulance - Crisfiled, Maryland
Outrage Over New Photos Involving L.A. Firefighter - California
Walton gains advanced life support - Kentucky
Caraway nurse part of Air Evac Lifeteam - Caraway, Arkansas
Residents ask for fire department consolidation - Conemaugh Twp, Pennsylvania
Investigattion into missing drugs - Wilson County, North Carolina
Air ambulance scammer - Michigan
Small station covers large area - Pahrump, Nevada
EMS worker pleads guilty to assaulting girl in ambulance - Macomb County , Michigan
Confusion reigns over Belleayre ambulance coverage - New York
Clerk forgets to put 911 vote on Dixon ballot - Missouri
Community EMS Awarded Medical Standby Contract for Detroit Pistons - Southfield, Michigan
NDP calls for break on ambulance fees - Nova Scotia , Canada
Bad Toys Holdings, Inc. Releases 3rd Quarter Results

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

11/14/06

New Albany mayor, union meet on ambulances - Indiana
Men claim suspensions politically motivated - San Luis, Arizona
County signs contract with American Medical Response - Wabaunsee County, Washington
EMS Director defamation case will go to trial - Jefferson, Wisconsin
‘Toughest jobs are the best jobs' - Kentucky
City eyes ambulance options - Sturgis, Michigan
Public safety head resigns - Virginia
Miami firefighter critical after 40-foot fall - Miami, Oklahoma
MONOC donates ambulance to 1st aid squad- New Jersey
Inquest Asked for Sullivan Mine Deaths - Canada
Robert Paoli, Paramedic/FF - Marinwood, California
Steve Jones resigns as Ambulance Service Director - Macon, Tennessee
Firefighter thankful to be alive - Broomtown, Alabama
Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue gets funds - Maryland
$7 million from Province for rural ambulance trips - Manitoba, Canada
STARS air ambulance ready to serve Central Peace area - Canada
Ambulance service seeks $60K from town - York, Maine
Former ambulance service; funeral home marks 50 years - Mississippi
Rural/Metro Announces Results for Fiscal 2007 First Quarter
The IMMEDIATE Trials Begin

Monday, November 13, 2006

11/13/06

Philly, AIDS patient settle suit over EMT responders - Pennsylvania
Hairy Resusitation - Howell, Michigan
Medic training center in Balad - Iraq
Paramedic response could slow - Snohomish, Washington
Ambulance Accident - Canada
Great Groundbreaking - Harbor Beach, Michigan
Still no answers in Community Ambulance Service collapse - Pennsylvania
$3,000 sign on bonus as a firefighter or paramedic? - Killeen, Texas
EMS Strained by Ambulance Shortage - Oahu, Hawaii
Ambulance group looks to drop paramedic unit - Swoyersville, Pennsylvania
Long wait over for Cary ambulance tax - Illinois
Paramedics say amalgamation tough for any chief - Winnipeg, Canada
Emergency upgrade for Eastern McLean, LeRoy, Illinois
MFD adding two ambulances to fleet - Texas
Dumping incidents sign of medical industry's apathy - Florida
Firefighter/Paramedic faces prison in theft of $108,000 - Connecticut
A look inside the ambulance - Rhode Island
Request for Proposal – Fresno County, California
Hospitals Want Faster Heart Attack Care
Close call for a rescue chopper - Montana

Friday, November 10, 2006

11/10/06

Westside claim challenges county EMS ordinance - Sandpoint, Idaho
Ambulance Shortage In Norfolk??? - Norfolk, Virginia
Plan to bill for city ambulance service could work - Annapolis, Maryland
5 injured in Ambulance Accident - Brooklyn, New York
Fired paramedics receive support -South Haven, Indiana
Portage Township Trustee Jent jettisons two paramedics after his election loss - Indiana
A simulated war zone - Barstow, California
EMT wins 250K lottery - West Newfield, Maine
Lifesaving jobs are also sometimes life changing - Albany, Georgia
Rescue squads declare a crisis - Pennsylvania
Ex-Duplin EMS boss convicted - North Carolina
State puts ambulance service on notice - Massachusetts
New State-of-the-Art EMS Station Opens in Brooklyn - New York
Emergency Medical Service worker was held on $200,000 bond - North Carolina
Long Response Times Drive New Ambulance Funding - Green Bay, Wisconsin
Heavy Duty Rescue - New York, New York
New ambulances en route to Medical Rescue Team - Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Health Department Problems Revealed - Mississippi
Tri-community paramedic pilot program persists - Wisconsin
Washington: Field Operations Officer/Assistant Director

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

11/8/06

Ambulance firm to end metro Detroit service - Michigan
Paramedic tax measures approved - Forest City , Callifornia
South Haven paramedics fired - Indiana
Stem cell cure for heart attacks
Man charged with attacking cop and paramedic - Georgia
New Albany's Yellow Ambulance run time questioned - Indiana
CG Aircrew Killed in Crash Honored - Kodiak, Alaska
Former firefighter, EMT turns author
17,000 Kids Hurt on School Bus Each
Edgecombe studies EMS service review - North Carolina
Michael Cole, EMS supervisor - Raleigh County, West Virginia
Coast county misses out on $80,000 in EMS grants - Harrison County, Mississippi
EMS seeks FEMA reimbursement - Texas
Wake EMS director earns national honor - North Carolina
Ambulance companies need help‚ too - Pennsylvania
BC Ambulance sailing towards an ‘iceberg’ - Canada
Ambulances on strike cruise through streets - Athens, Greece
Battlefield Extraction And Retrieval Robot
Council agrees to hire part-time paramedics - Forest City, Iowa
North Douglas Fire & EMS tax levy fails - Oregon

Monday, November 06, 2006

11/6/06

Ambulance Crash Photos
911-ambulances return to Doctors - California
'911, what's your insurance?' - Annapolis, Maryland
Fire departments move toward dual roles Portage, South Haven - Indiana
Ambulance company works toward autonomy - Pocomoke, Maryland
Rural/Metro Announces New 911 contract - Tennessee
Ambulance workers vote to join union - Vermont
County council candidates clash over fire, EMS merger - Walterboro, South Carolina
Cold Case: Paramedic Catherine Nameth Stabbing Death - Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Motorcycle paramedic squads to be introduced nationwide - Malaysia
Theodore "Ted" E. Engelke IV, EMT - Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Air ambulance makes hard landing - Kalispell, Montana
Car-diac arrest: Union: Ambulances took back seat to super’s SUV - Boston, Massachusetts
Karen A Phillips, Paramedic/RN - Leavenworth County, Kansas
State approves General Hospital's helipad plans - Buffalo, New York
Adeline Malfara, EMT - Glendora, ZNew Jersey
In 6 months, fire chief makes her mark - Ridgefield, Connecticut
Fire chief 'furious' over being 'misled' Washignton DC
Paramedic in sex case previously involved in fatal wreck - Onslow County, North Carolina
Medway finances put Fire Department in bind - Massachusetts

Friday, November 03, 2006

11/3/06

Ambulance Crash Photos
Medway finances put Fire Department in bind - Massachusetts
Shot driver hits ambulances - Chicago, Illinois
Paramedic shortage debated - Campbell River, BC, Canada
Referendum seeks ambulance service for Downs - Illinois
First-aiders will run in NYC for ambulance - New Jersey
Paramedics heating up calendar pages - Chicago , Illinois
Ground Zero's "Angel" Nun Dies; toxins autopsy - New York
Bush honors Red Lodge man for volunteer efforts -Montana
Reading Hospital diverts ambulances for 7 hours - Pennsylvania
Another ambulance may hit Green Bay streets - Wisconsin
Ambulance patients in agony on bumpy roads - Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Philadelphia man met women online, lied, raped them - Pennsylvania
Learn and live - Nebraska
In medical emergencies, patients could count on Darin - Wisconsin
Three injured in Diluzio Ambulance Service crash - Keene, New Hampshire
Deal struck to rescue, reopen San Pablo ER - California
Paramedics say arbitrated contract decision ‘another slap in the face’ - Nova Scotia, Canada
Rescue Inc. holds union vote today - Vermont
Paramedics hoof it to mark retirement - Alameda County , California

Thursday, November 02, 2006

11/2/06

In medical emergencies, patients could count on Darin - Wisconsin
Three injured in ambulance crash - Keene, New Hampshire
Deal struck to rescue, reopen San Pablo ER - California
Paramedics say arbitrated contract decision ‘another slap in the face’ - Nova Scotia, Canada
Rescue Inc. holds union vote today - Vermont
Paramedics hoof it to mark retirement - Alameda County , California
Grande Prairie seeing STARS - Canada
North Memorial will be new ambulance service provider - Walker, Minnesota
Medic is hero in jet plane drama - UK
Negligence alleged - Lincoln, Nebraska
Lien off Community Service Ambulance building - Pennsylvania
Ambulance looks for expansion solution - Washington County, Idaho
Special delivery safe in his arms - Highland, California
Paramedic faces charges of solicitation - Onslow County , North Carolina
Emergency Medical 3Q Profit Rises
Fire and Rescue ‘flex units’ to be used in periods of high call volume - Montgomery County, Maryland
Ambulance issue needs accountability - Adams County, Mississippi
Bond set for area man charged in defamation suit - Jefferson, Wisconsin
City tables ambulance question - San Angelo, Texas
Valley patients flocking to ERs - San Joaquin, California

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

11/1/06

Fire and Rescue ‘flex units’ to be used in periods of high call volume - Montgomery County, Maryland
Ambulance issue needs accountability - Adams County, Mississippi
Bond set for area man charged in defamation suit - Jefferson, Wisconsin
City tables ambulance question - San Angelo, Texas
Valley patients flocking to ERs - San Joaquin, California
Mayor proposes combining fire, ambulance services - Arab, Alabama
New Albany ambulance plan short on support - Indiana
Ambulance rates to climb - Lincoln, Nebraska
Navy medic Charles Sare honored for Iraq war sacrifice - Utah
Beckley-ARH gets Level IV trauma status - West Virginia
SEOEMS gets 2 ambulances - Ohio
Ambulance workers' lives on the line just doing their jobs - Wales
November is CPR Month 2006 - Canada
The right rescue copter - New Jersey
Baptist's Life Flight earns accreditation - Jacksonville, Florida
5th Firefighter Dies From Blaze - California
Arbitrator reverses firing - Clearwater, Florida
Ambulance hit leaves man critical - Hempfield Township , Pennsylvania
County paramedic unusual response - Maryland
Rural Metro Ambulance Stolen While Paramedics Respond To Call - Aurora, Colorado