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At least five tornados were rated at EF5. An estimated 336 lives were lost in the region’s tornados and related events, with 239 of those in Alabama. (USFA photo) View the full article

He will be battling it out for a prize in the first ever BBC 999 Awards. View the full article

When those efforts fail, more families are dealing with the body left behind. View the full article

Chad Willie, 34, was found guilty of felony assault and battery of a firefighter for an incident that occurred Feb. 29. View the full article

Personnel on the scene were treated for minor injuries. View the full article

The Bracey family recently made a special trip to Louisiana from Oklahoma to thank the Acadian Ambulance medics who saved their lives three years ago. An Oklahoma family reunites with the Acadian medics who saved their lives three years ago. Back: Medics Danette Bruce, Eddie Bruce, Roy Payne, Corey Potier, and Travis Duplantis. Front: Todd, MaKayla and Patty Bracey View the full article

Church leaders have become much more accepting of EMS involvement over the past 20 years. Plain members of the March 2012 EMT class at Gordonville pose at the station with veteran ambulance crew member Dwayne Beiler, right. The Plain members asked not to be named. (AP Photo/Sunday News, Jonathan Foster) View the full article

CSX train collided with a truck in Bay St. Louis. View the full article

Third victim is listed in stable condition. View the full article

Mud and debris swept down on Johnsons Landing community. View the full article

Information offered to help prepare for mass care incidents, including natural and man-made disasters, large gathering and pandemic events. Model policies and practices referenced in the guide will lead to a better prepared EMS deployment. (USFA image) View the full article

Falling debris halts search and rescue operations. The Johnsons landing landslide is shown in this Thursday July 12, 2012 photo provided by Emergency BC. Four people are still unaccounted for nearly 24 hours after a wall of rock, mud and trees cascaded down the side of a mountain above the shores of Kootenay Lake, tearing through the tiny community of Johnsons Landing, about 70 kilometres northeast of Nelson. At least three homes in the southeastern B.C. hamlet are engulfed by the muck, which is unstable and shifting, prompting searchers to call off rescue efforts at least once on Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews met at dawn Friday to consider the most efficient and effective way to search the massive mudslide for possible victims. (AP Photo/Emergency BC via The Canadian Press) View the full article

He was cycling with his wife in March when he went into cardiac arrest. View the full article

She was treated for dehydration and to regulate her body temperature. View the full article

This is the fourth time this year morphine and Versed went missing from area ambulances. View the full article

LaFever had traveled over 40 miles in three weeks before being found. View the full article

The Rural Healthcare Facility Recruitment Assistance Program doubles the previous program's incentive. View the full article

All-agency first-responder bomb situation training paid off after the Detroit Windsor Tunnel was closed for about four hours due to a bomb threat. Authorities investigate a bomb threat at the Detroit Windsor Tunnel Thursday, July 12, 2012. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel has reopened after a bomb threat phoned in to Canadian authorities led to the closing of the international crossing for several hours Thursday afternoon. Cars began entering the tunnel at the U.S. end about 4:30 p.m., and tunnel chief executive Neal Belitsky says traffic resumed from the Canadian end soon after. Belitsky says nothing was found in searches by video, bomb-sniffing dog and bomb squad personnel. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Susan Tusa) View the full article

"Drug shortages are not a new phenomenon," said Dave Gaugh, senior vice president for regulatory sciences at the Generic Pharmaceutical Association. "What's new is the crisis level they're at today." Salem fire department paramedics Scott Alt, left, and Jennifer Pratt check over medications in an ambulance in Salem, Ore., Tuesday, July 10, 2012. When faced with medication shortages, some paramedic outfits are forced to dig into their stash of expired medications to load up trucks and treat critical patients with outdated prescriptions. It’s a practice on the rise as first responders react to a shortage of the lifesaving drugs they use every day, from painkillers to heart medicines, despite the risk that they won’t work as intended in life-or-death situations. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) View the full article

He says an attempt to say hello went sour when the unknown man knocked him out. View the full article

Paramedics and firefighters will learn how to respond to electric-car emergencies. View the full article

Officials promised they would replace an insurance program by July 1. View the full article

Both agencies will be united under a single "CEO" after the fire chief appointed an EMS director a year ago. View the full article

Multi-million dollar contracts call for the design of two new models. View the full article

Matthew Packer is accused of fatally stabbing Paul Frontiero on Oct. 9, 2011. View the full article