PennWell Purchases JEMS Publisher

Thursday, October 4, 2012

JEMS Editor-in-Chief A.J. Heightman, in Tulsa at the headquarters of PennWell Publishing, the new owner of JEMS, is shown here symbolically handing his first PennWell/JEMS business card to Michael Baker, director of EMS for the Tulsa (Okla.) Fire Department.
     Key PennWell staff members working with the JEMS and EMS Today Conference & Exposition teams will be receiving specialized EMS training from the Tulsa Fire Dept, EMSA Medical Director Jeff Goodloe and crews and supervisors from Paramedics Plus, the EMS/ALS transport provider in Tulsa and Oklahoma City.
     In addition to specialized training, the Tulsa-based PennWell EMS and public safety staff will be participating in EMS and fire ridealongs.
     Heightman reports that "the PennWell management team and staff are excited about having JEMS in their product line which includes Fire Engineering Magazine and the FDIC (Fire Department Instructor's Conference) held annually in April in Indianapolis."
     PennWell purchased the entire Public Safety Group from Elsevier on Sept. 20, which included JEMS, the EMS Insider management newsletter, Fire Rescue Magazine, Law Officer Magazine and all associated Websites, such as JEMS.com, FirefighterNation.com and LawOfficer.com.

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