9/19/10

Public Affairs: Matt Zavadsky, Senior Editor

AAA Government Affairs E-Update 9-16-10

Ambulance Crash Log

Accident involving ambulance injures 3 - North Carolina

Officer still recovering; footage of ambulance accident is released - Alabama

Queens man killed after freak accident between van, ambulance - New York

Update: VIDEO: Man, 82, dies after being hit by ambulance - Ohio

Features

Antique ambulance gets finishing touches for Norwich auto show

Legal

Court: Paramedic Can Press Rights Claim Over Removal - California

Local administrators ask for veto on EMS bill - California

Judge rules on dispatch contract - California

Former Suffolk firefighters sue city; Employees question city's grievance policy - Virginia

Judge asked to dismiss two indictments against Cullen about false information about his EMT certification - Massachusetts

America

Volusia agrees to allow firefighters to transport medical patients Six cities, including Deltona and Daytona Beach, want city paramedics to do emergency transport - Florida

Northampton ambulance fund pays firefighters - Massachusetts

Christie, Schaer disagree about status of EMT funding - New Jersey

Full time or not, firefighters must pass tests - South Dakota

Plattsmouth EMS Director turns in resignation - Nebraska

Fire lieutenant resigns over ‘disrespect’ - Florida

FDNY Appoints Two Physicians to New Roles - New York

Still smoldering with a starting salary of $6,347 per month, plus 11 percent paramedic pay; mediated negotions - California

Eastwood Fire District hindered by 'conflict,' audit says - Kentucky

First responders face work zone challenges - Indiana

Criminal

Correction officer Kevin Barry busted for allegedy harassing EMT at knifepoint - New York

Awards-Honors

SCV Hometown Heroes honored - California

Human Interest

Quick, Somebody Call a Bike! - Illinois

Day by day, lives saved by the FHFD - Michigan

Moses the Camel reunites with rescuers - Oregon

Following in his father’s footsteps NB remembers 9/11 fallen heroes on 9th anniversary - New York

Medevac

Air ambulance's collision with bird slows rescue - California

Era announces launch of SAR service - Louisiana

World

Big increase predicted for ambulance delay times - UK

Birth in an ambulance for the second time helped by the SAME paramedic - UK

Emergency ambulance jet plane unveiled for capital city jet set

Obits/Services

Orange County firefighter dies in training - California

Funeral held for firefighter killed in car crash - Utah

ER /Hospital

Hospital violence is on the rise; Assault, rape and murder pose a growing threat to medical caregivers