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Union President Jeremy Garrett says closing Station 82, which hosts ambulance crews and covers the airport and Columbia Basin College areas, would force three-person teams and expand response times as Pasco works to close a $14 million budget gap
The Greene County board tabled putting ambulance service out for bid as Boyd Memorial Hospital warns a $263,000 funding cut could force it to scale down to a single ambulance, with the current contract set to expire Nov. 9
Salvatore Cassano is urging Gov. Kathy Hochul and the Legislature to keep driverless cars off New York streets, citing federal warnings about a pattern of autonomous vehicles interfering with police and firefighters at emergency scenes nationwide
Josh Law spent two hours alone in rough Pacific waters off Baja California, personally pulling 16 survivors to safety using the “buddy tow” technique, while 11 others were never found despite an 89-hour search
What the nation’s largest EMS system can teach us about the growing gap between ambulance reimbursement and the actual cost of being ready to respond
Confronting New York City’s EMS challenges
San Marcos EMS, the new department staffed largely by familiar paramedics and EMTs, joins San Marcos police and fire as the city’s third emergency service
Merced County’s new 911 Nurse Navigation program aims to free up ambulances for critical emergencies by directing non-life-threatening callers to urgent care, telehealth or home care options instead
Wake County’s program eliminates out-of-pocket costs for emergency ambulance transport within the county for enrolled households, requires existing health insurance to join, and generates about $1.1 million annually for the county’s $92 million EMS budget
Jacksonville Firefighter/Paramedic Josue Garcia-Otero and his wife helped treat critically injured passengers after surviving a high-speed rail collision that killed at least 68 people