8/2/08

Special Report
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America
Wheels Of Fire: Woman Sets Athens Field On Fire With Wheelchair - Texas
DC medics may be fired for evading dispatch calls - Washington DC
Red River Parish to keep ambulance service - Louisiana
EMT's get pink slips - New Jersey
Court begins process to find new ambulance service; Chick, Watkins and Kenady to serve - Kentucky
Lack of competitive salary prevents town from filling Firefighter/EMT vacancies - Massachusetts
Former fire chief faces prison for burglary charges - Ohio
Spring Bay ambulance service no longer free - Illinois
Support for ambulance insurance service grows - Texas
Lockwood updates board on ambulance ordinance - Michigan
County OKs 3-Year Deal With Life Ambulance - Texas
Ambulance, fire department position latest casualties in Sherman budget cuts - Texas

Canada
Medics strap into new safer ambulance - Canada

Criminal
Sunstar paramedic fired - Florida

Medevac
Guardian Flight bases new helicopter in Ketchikan - Alaska
Investigators detail aviation accidents - California

Military
Naval Base San Diego Firefighters Recognized for Life Saving Efforts

World
Health official nabbed with bags of Indian hemp in ambulance - Nigeria

Obits/Services
Indiana County EMA director Beatty dies at 61 - Pennsylvania