10/12/09

Special Report
No funeral blues for Aniak fire chief, a party instead; Dragon Slayer and Kick Ash creator holds goodbye bash - Alaska

America
MedStar Lends a Pink Covered Hand to Fight Breast Cancer - Texas
Outspoken city EMS chief retiring - Pennsylvania
Montgomery County proposal troubles First Call - Tennessee
Monterey County Supervisors study AMR deal for ambulance service - California
Wheels rolling on Silt, New Castle ambulance service deal - Colorado
Walworth town, village consider shared services - Wisconsin
Paramedics first to get H1N1 vaccine mist - Ohio
EVAC gets Volusia County's help - Florida

Criminal
Lawrence Man Arrested For Stealing Ambulance - Kansas

Awards-Honors
Surry paramedics win state title - North Carolina

Obits/Services
Funeral services announced for Cameron Parish paramedic - Louisiana
Cameron Parish ambulance worker dies after weather-related accident - Louisiana
William Owens - Ohio

Human Interest
'Poor student' becomes educator - Iowa
Working in emergency medical service can be chaotic - Pennsylvania
'CSI: NY' star Hill Harper touts off-screen volunteering roles as CBS hit works with iParticipate

World
The quiet heroes: The soldiers almost burnt alive in Basra and the heroic medics who saved them
Paramedics 'tampering with drugs' - Australia