9/20/11

Bodily Assault Log

Police Arrest Suspect Accused of Shooting at Police, EMS - Ilinois

Crews were treating a shooting victim at the time.

Sep 20, 2011, 1:59:19 PM

Legal

Ambulance provider files claim against San Diego - California

Rural/Metro Corp., San Diego’s private ambulance contractor, has accused the city of improper and intentional misconduct for threatening litigation and then dissolving a 14-year ambulance partnership earlier this year, according to a claim filed by the company.

Sep 20, 2011, 1:44:42 PM

America

Martin County LifeStar helicopter makes emergency landing while carrying stabbing victim - Florida

The pilot took off, headed to St. Mary's. But at 10:05 a.m., after just moments in the air, the pilot notified the on-scene engine crew that they had smoke in the cockpit and were declaring an emergency.

Sep 20, 2011, 1:04:18 PM

America

Tulsa Ambulance Service works with Youth Services for Safe Place Program - Oklahoma

Each of EMSA’s Tulsa ambulances will be an official Safe Place site in Tulsa, Bixby, Jenks and Sand Springs. EMSA will be one of the first large ambulance providers in the nation to be a Safe Place site.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:55:18 PM

America

Nashville paramedic suspended after anti-gay Facebook post - Tennessee

The department was notified on Aug. 3 that Kennedy stated on his Facebook page and on a Nashville Fire Department Emergency Medical Services page that two EMS workers were “queers” and that they should “crawl back into the closet,” said Deputy Chief Kim Lawson, spokeswoman for the department.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:53:07 PM

America

EMS Public Hearing Focused on Ambulance Company, Paramedic Service - Connecticut

The focus of the hearing was to garner public reaction on the borough’s ambulance service, something that fell under scrutiny this summer when Naugatuck Ambulance Inc. made public a proposal to no longer staff a full-time paramedic at its Rubber Avenue office.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:51:47 PM

America

Oak Creek Faces Loss of Paramedics Funding - Wisconsin

The impact of Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele's proposal to cut paramedic funding to municipalities would certainly be felt in Oak Creek.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:50:31 PM

America

Concerned Citizens Crowd Cedar County Ambulance District Meeting - Missouri

Some concerned citizens in Cedar County are furious, saying the Cedar County Ambulance District Board refused to answer their questions about a new contract.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:49:32 PM

America

Eugene EMS Could Soon Charge Out-of-Towners - Oregon

The department is asking the City of Eugene to pass an ordinance that would charge a person if he or she gets in a crash and isn't from Eugene, Springfield, or a member of the city's Fire Med program.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:48:33 PM

America

Warren looking at EMS service - Ohio

"EMS in Warren is broken, and it has been broken for some time,'' Warren assistant fire chief Orneil Heller said Monday. ''I really believe that the citizens of Warren deserve better. Half of them don't even know how broken it is."

Sep 20, 2011, 12:47:44 PM

America

Bannock County Gets New Off Road Ambulance - Idaho

A few decades ago, Bannock Memorial brought us the first air ambulance and today the Portneuf Healthcare Foundation is bringing us a new way of transporting patients.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:46:18 PM

America

City rejects second ambulance service - California

Riverside officials on Monday debated whether the city needs more than one ambulance service, but for now, they won't allow a second provider.

Sep 20, 2011, 12:43:53 PM

Canada

Peter Kuitenbrouwer: Fire, EMS, can all just get along - Canada

Ontario - The paramedics, in fact, have dodged a bullet: for now. The Executive Committee is likely to vote Tuesday on plans to cut transit service, garbage tags, the Christmas Bureau and community grants, and sell the Toronto Zoo and Riverdale Farms. But not EMS.

Sep 20, 2011, 11:57:05 AM