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SCOTTSDALE, AZ - Rural/Metro Corporation announced today that it has been awarded a new contract term to continue providing fire protection and emergency medical services to the Mountain Vista Fire District... View the full article
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - An investigation into a roadside scuffle between a state trooper and a paramedic that was caught on video is still under review nearly two months later, and the attorney for one of... View the full article
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The emergency medical services system in Emery County shall go back under the umbrella of the Emery County Sheriff's Office. The Emery County Commissioners voted two to one to return the system to the... View the full article
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(AP) WHARNCLIFFE, W.Va. - A state official says three workers suffered minor injuries after a train derailed and hit a loading facility at a coal preparation plant in southern West Virginia.Alpha Natural... View the full article
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ELDRED, Pa. - The Eldred Borough Ambulance building went up in flames, and both ambulances along with it, due to an electrical fire early Sunday morning.A fire broke out at the building, which sits across... View the full article
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AUSTIN - Because of a move by unionized Austin Emergency Medical Services paramedics, the City of Austin will have about $800,000 more to add to the city budget.Over the weekend 88 percent of paramedics,... View the full article
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(AP) SAN FRANCISCO - Two investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were helping San Francisco officials on Sunday determine the cause of a collision between two light-rail trains that... View the full article
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(AP) TULSA, Okla. - An ambulance and a private vehicle have collided in north Tulsa.The Emergency Medical Services Authority says the collission occurred about 4 p.m. Friday at an intersection. The ambulance,... View the full article
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(AP) FAIRFAX, Va. - A big windowless bus loaded with high-tech equipment is making the rounds of Fairfax County fire stations to provide training for firefighters and paramedics in the latest emergency... View the full article
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(AP) WEST NEW YORK, N.J. - An alleged drunken driver struck seven pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk in northern New Jersey after his car jumped a curb Sunday afternoon.One victim, identified only as... View the full article
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ST. LOUIS (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - St. Louis Firefighters are mourning the loss of one of their own today. Some of them fought to save her life. According to her union she died yesterday after her co-workers... View the full article
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[NEWS FEED] Aspiring EMT helps at shooting - JEMS.com
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When a woman was critically wounded in a shooting Monday night in a Glenwood Avenue apartment building, Phylicia Tebbs ran to the bleeding victim to do whatever she could to help her. Tebbs, 18, checked... View the full article -
(AP) CHICAGO - An explosion at a factory on Chicago's West Side sent bricks and other debris hundreds of feet in the air and injured two workers - one seriously.Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford... View the full article
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ST. LOUIS (KTVI-FOX2now.com) - A St. Louis paramedic nearly drowned after having an apparent heart attack and falling into a swimming pool. 36-year-old Brenda Schaefer is listed in critical but stable... View the full article
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OREM - Even before an ambulance crew rolls a heart attack victim through the doors at Timpanogos Regional Hospital, doctors have diagnosed the problem. With a treatment plan ready and a medical team assembled,... View the full article
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Broward fire officials say four people were hospitalized after being stung by bees inside a women's detention center in Pembroke Pines. At least eight others, including guards and inmates, were treated... View the full article
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MILWAUKEE - Milwaukee Fire Department paramedics treating a child after an auto crash on Wednesday also had to referee a fight among four adults who had entered their medical unit. The group argued and... View the full article
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TORONTO - Toronto police are investigating whether a delay in emergency service led to the death of a 59-year-old man who, according to sources, was in distress and "turning blue" for at least 20 minutes... View the full article
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(AP) HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. - An 11-year-old junior lifeguard was fatally slashed by the propeller of a lifeguard boat piloted by a veteran marine safety officer during training outside the surfline... View the full article
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The Westwego City Council is considering merging its Emergency Medical Services department with the Westwego Police Department just a few months after purchasing a new ambulance and asking voters to increase... View the full article
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(AP) LOGAN, Utah - Searchers have recovered the body of the third and final person missing after a weekend mudslide destroyed a northern Utah home.Officials announced Tuesday evening they found the body... View the full article
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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - WAVY.com is trying to clear up some confusion surrounding Riverside Regional Medical Center's Trauma Department.Recent reports have led to speculation that Riverside may close its... View the full article
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(AP) OCEAN CITY, Md. - The beach patrol in Ocean City, Md., says an 11-year-old Pennsylvania boy was rescued after a tunnel he was digging in the sand collapsed on him.Beach patrol members helped dig... View the full article
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LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - The Metro Louisville EMT accused of lying about being attacked and stabbed while loading his ambulance in late May was back in court Monday.Joshua Ware, 24, was arraigned before... View the full article
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(AP) WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security Department will review and possibly replace the often-ridiculed multicolored terror alert system created after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.Since it was created... View the full article