Vehicle Operations

Patient to Receive $75,000 After Ambulance Crash

Posted Friday, November 23, 2007

Ambulance Service Gets Five-Year Deal; Plan Puts UMass Back in Fire Stations

Posted Friday, November 23, 2007

Medic Brain Dead After Crash

Posted Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Richmond Ambulance Authority Takes Reigns from AMR

Posted Monday, November 19, 2007

Fulton County, Ga., to Cut Ambulance Subsidies

Fulton County's (Ga.) 14 cities will be forced to pay for ambulance services next year or see response times fall because county government will cut about $10 million in subsidies.

Posted Friday, November 16, 2007

High-Tech Driving Simulator Debuts in W.V.

The Kanawha County Sheriff's Department's new electronic driving simulator allows deputies and other emergency responders to practice driving in dangerous situations without ever actually putting wheels to pavement.

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007

St. Louis Emergency Crews Tackle Highway Closure Snags

Emergency responders in St. Louis are finalizing plans to avoid delays after Highway 40 closes for reconstruction in January. Shutting down the highway will remove a major route linking suburbs to several major hospitals.

Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Eudora, Ark., Lacks Reliable Ambulance Service

For the past year, the city of Eudora, Ark., has had no guaranteed ambulance service to transfer residents to hospitals, a problem the local 911 coordinator says reverts the town near the Louisiana border back to the Stone Age.

Posted Wednesday, November 14, 2007

EMT Charged in Fatal Crash Fired Under Zero Tolerance Policy

A Butler County, Pa., ambulance driver who is charged with drunken driving and causing a fatal collision while on the job will be fired under the Cranberry Ambulance Company's zero-tolerance policy.

Posted Monday, November 12, 2007