9/22/09

Ambulance Crash Log
Four medical workers injured in ambulance crash on Cattaraugus - New YorkAmerica
NWTH is considering selling ambulance service to AMR - Texas
Ambulance stimulus loan too costly - New York
Salinas City Council ponders $7M in cuts, 61 layoffs - California
The layoffs of 11 firefighters would cut staffing to 69 and save the city $914,300. Elimination of the paramedic program would save $537,300. The city would rely instead on contracted private ambulances, the report said, and response times would rise from six minutes or less to more than 10 minutes
Ambulance company owner proposes 'paramedic assist' fee - Ohio
Delaware County commissioners move ahead with EMS station to serve Yorktown - Indiana
Grant ambulance service covered, but county won't contract directly - Wisconsin
Carteret eyeing countywide EMS plan - North Carolina
Chopmist Hill Fire Department Closed Following Target 12 Water Theft Probe - Rhode Island
Voters Will Decide East Moline Ambulance Debate - Iowa
Rural/Metro Steering A Steady Course
Saluda Man Buried in Car - South Carolina

World
One Wounded as Colombia Rebels Fire on Ambulance

Criminal
Paramedic charged with stealing from elderly patient enters court program - Connecticut

Bodily Assault Log
Patient attacks ambulance driver in Fort Pierce, police say - Florida

Obits/Services
Hundreds honor Kennewick firefighter - Washington