Georgia EMS News

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FDNY promotes EMS officers

Virginia Beach – 3 ex-Va. jail deputies charged with murder in inmate’s death

Nevada Law Restricts Public Safety Agencies from Using DJI Drones, Limits Drone as First Responder Applications

Peach County, GA is accused of not treating a sick inmate who later died, lawsuit says

Retiring Guadalupe county Sheriff : Accuses County Attorney of Corruption and addiction

EV FIRE ENGINE BURNS DOWN BRAND NEW ENTIRE FIRE STATION WHILE CHARGING!!

Budget Issues – Oakland residents concerned about fire station closures

Maine police officer cooks meal for elderly man during wellbeing check

Ambulance service and London Luton Airport launch life-saving partnership – Emergency Services Times

Greenville, SC – Multiple EMS staff members fired after potential ‘policy violations’ related to teen’s death at Frankie’s – EMS may have shared pictures of victim

Spanish Army orders 350 new ambulances for €93 million to improve medical evacuation capabilities.

City of Flint mark 3 months of relaunched ambulance service

Cordele, GA Fire Department achieves Class 2 status, joins top 4% nationwide

Swainsboro, GA Fire Chief passes away just months after retirement

Effingham County Emergency Medical Services receive 5 new ambulances

Tucker County, WV Ambulance Authority Hears Director Updates

Georgia bill to expand rural healthcare access to take effect New Year’s Day

‘Critical incident’: Hundreds of 999 calls unanswered as half of Wales’ ambulances are stuck at hospitals

India’s largest AI-driven ambulance network launched by ZENZO

Northern Ireland – Almost 400 patients waiting for hospital beds. 41 ambulances were queued outside

St. Joseph County first responders use QR bracelets to provide the right care

‘Bills are all made up’: 3 people, 1 accident – and 3 wildly different ambulance charges

New Medical Train for Emergency Aid from Ukrainian Railways – Despite being at war they have running trains

TigerConnect Acquires Twiage, Enhancing Real-Time EMS to Hospital Communication for Streamlined Emergency Care

Darwin Award – Virginia hunter dies after bear falls from tree, lands on him

Report: Most ambulance rides in Colorado billed out-of-network

Tucker County, WV Commission passes fee on outdoor activities to fund ambulances

‘It pisses me off:’ Investigation found Henrico Doctors’ Hospital employee abused NICU baby in 2023

Are ‘Uber for Nursing’ Apps Helping or Hurting Nurses and Their Patients?

Nurse positions dominate online job postings in Alabama amid shortage

“President” Biden signs HEARTS Act to provide AEDs and CPR training in schools

JSO sends memo to its officers after man was accidentally shot during traffic stop

Ukrainian Soldier Survives 36 Days With Tourniquet on Injured Limb

Idex Brings Critical Automation To Save Firefighters’ Lives

Feasibility of Drone AEDs for Faster Response in Rural Areas

Newsom comes to Oakland to pressure the city to allow more police chases in town. Already using state Law Enforcement to supplement like Atlanta & New Orleans

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Baltimore City over 2022 fire that killed 3 Baltimore firefighters

HCA Henrico Doctors’ Hospital pauses NICU admissions after multiple babies had ‘unexplainable fractures’, again

Virginia Beach EMS Duty Physician Program Brings the Doctor to the Field

Citizens Must Stay 25 Feet from First Responders Under New Florida Law

Grift continues – Pierce Joins Oshkosh to Showcase the Future of Electric Firefighting Technology at CES 2025

Memphis firefighter crashes into a sheriff’s office cruiser Monday night with his two kids, a loaded gun and four empty vodka bottles in his SUV

Get to know Tybee Island’s new fire chief

Lithium battery explodes in Vancouver Island fire chief’s home

Woke Audi Q5 And A7 PHEV Owners Told To Not Charge Batteries Over Fire Risk

Coronado Fire Chief Jason Summers Screws Taxpayers with Lies to Purchase EV Fire Engine

Electric vehicle caused major apartment fire; ‘First large-scale incident’ in Chattanooga

With long overdue new rig, St. Paul launches Minnesota’s first electric firetruck, Taxpayers get Screwed.

Are Parking Garages Safe for EVs?  What about EV Fire Engines in the Station? Chattanooga’s EV Fire

Fire Chief Runs Blocker – Throwback Thursday

Baltimore Police 621 Officers Short

Liberty County, GA deputy arrested for mistreatment

Rockdale County, GA deputy, former employee arrested in prohibited items investigation

GA Dept. of Public Health gets $2.78 million for injury prevention from GOHS

Wayne Memorial Hospital suspends OB operations, plans to enhance Women’s Health Service Line

Cobb County police officer pulls man from burning car

KSU police officer burned in house fire out of hospital just in time for Christmas

Ambulances put on ‘red alert’ as patients queue outside A&E for 12 hours

A Haiti gang attack on the reopening of a main hospital kills 2 reporters and a police officer

PHI medical ambulance service now free for Sumter County, Miss residents

‘Mount Rushmore Of DEI’: How A Major Academic Association Is ‘Destroying’ Medicine

Woke Medical Association Scrubs DEI Info From Website After Brutal Report

Johns Hopkins dean apologizes to staff after DEI officer sent woke hit list email telling them that anyone white, male or Christian is ‘privileged’ – but she gets to keep her job

Dozens of patients reported missing from metro Atlanta hospital

Paulding, GA takes delivery of 3 new engines

Coosa Man Threatens To Shoot EMS “Team”

Cobb Fire rookie rescues victim fresh out of academy

Woke Atlanta Police allow Masturbation in public view, as long as the offender is in a vehicle

Video Highlight – Atlanta Fire Rescue Hybrid 3 Truck Responding

Full Circle Lithium demonstrates Li-ion firefighting agent by setting a Nissan Leaf and a Kia EV9 ablaze

The grift continues – Partnership between Rosenbauer, Dallas Fire Rescue brings PANTHER 6×6 electric to airport; Is Atlanta Fire next?

Atlanta Fire orders ladder trucks without ladders, calling them Hybrids

Cartersville Fire Department places new Pierce Rescue in service

Georgia’s Custom Truck & Body Works building 2 rescues for Chicago Fire

Chesterfield Fire & EMS honors the memory of fallen Veteran Lieutenant

SCTC expands RN Bridge Program to Butts and Jasper counties

Elsmere (NY) Offers Housing to Attract Student Volunteers for EMS

Mobile County, Alabama EMS deploys IV infusion pumps

Chesterfield County Fire and EMS remembers firefighter Brad McNeer – 25th Anniversary of Rescue 49 Crash

Troubled Virginia Office of EMS names DEI hire as new director – Resume is WEAK

Pittsburgh EMS clinches contract deal with raises and new benefits

Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare EMS Diversion due to IT Incompetence

GA man plans to sue after he says police used stun gun on him and his horse during Christmas parade

Drone could arrive ahead of paramedics and allow a caller to begin giving aid with a defibrillator, a tourniquet, or naloxone

Tunnel to Towers Foundation paid off Mortgage for family of late Mecklenburg County paramedic who died on duty

Acadian Ambulance lies about their emergency response times, Port Arthur terminates Fire Chief for bringing the truth public

“Violent crime is up, and the days where EMS stays in the cold zone, otherwise known as a safe zone, are over,” EMS District Chief Jared Tano told Hawaii News Now. Honolulu (HI) Medics Waste Tax Dollars Body Armor

Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority, NC (Atrium Health) Raises Minimum Wage for ‘Teammates’ in Rome, GA

Chiefs abandoning ship, some retiring early, from woke Atlanta Fire Rescue

El Paso Fire Department has new ambulance helicopter, Fire STAR, that will help reduce times in transporting critically injured

Family of GA Teen Hires Civil Rights Lawyer, Ben Crump, in Ambulance Delay Case – Shocker it’s Fulton County

Atlanta Fire hiring Executive Director, Administration Operations, to compensate for lack of executive leadership competence

Healthcare broken everywhere – Ambulances spend 15 years waiting to offload patients, figures show

First infrared heating systems fitted to UK patient transport ambulances

Acadian Ambulance leaders named to American Ambulance Association board

Months after Helene, GEMA, Homeland Security launch temporary sheltering program for Hurricane Helene survivors

Detroit Fire Department Professional Development Conference

New LA EMS Station Will Create Disaster Supply Hub, Improve Response Times

Top leaders of Florida Keys air ambulance indicted by grand jury in stolen drugs case

Study finds lower rates of death from Alzheimer’s disease among taxi and ambulance drivers