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Andover (MA) Town Manager Recommends Hiring More Firefighters to Staff Ambulance

Town Manager Andrew Flanagan’s 2026 budget adds nearly $200,000 to the fire department budget, enabling first-responders to have a third ambulance in service more often.
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MA Medical Center to Open ED in Region Left Unserved After Hospital Bankruptcy

UMass Memorial Health announced Wednesday it intends to construct an emergency department in the Nashoba Valley region of the state.
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Bankruptcy of MA Private-Equity-Owned Hospital Leaves EMS Chiefs Pleading for Help

Thirteen Massachusetts fire chiefs want the state to step in to avert a growing health care crisis triggered by the closure of Nashoba Valley Medical…
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Winthrop (MA) Revamps EMS; Firefighters Train as Paramedics

Winthrop is revamping its emergency response system following a Boston Globe article that looked at ambulance shortages and overworked emergency crews.
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MA and Other States Testing Technology to Prevent Wrong-Way Crashes

Massachusetts is joining several states in testing new technology aimed at preventing wrong-way crashes, which claim 400 to 500 lives nationwide each year.
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Springfield (MA) AMR, Union Reach Tentative Agreement, Including on ‘Picket Line Clause’

Ambulance service American Medical Response and its unionized employees have come to a “tentative” agreement.
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MA Woman Accused of Stabbing EMT Will Not Get Early Mental Health Evaluation, Judge Rules

Prosecutors unsuccessfully pushed for a new competency evaluation for a woman accused of stabbing an EMT in the back of an ambulance in 2019.
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MA First Responders Drill for Active Shooter

“You never know if and when this could happen,” said John Mazza, statewide director of the Active Shooter Hostile Event Response unit.
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Boston EMS Celebrates 27 New Graduates

The new graduates will join a bureau that handles more than 300 calls every day and more than 138,000 incidents a year.
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Man Rescued from MA River after Submerging Vehicle

Firefighters pulled a man out of the water and was carried into an AMR ambulance.
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MA Cyclist Revived Thanks to Off-Duty Nurse, Duxbury (MA) Paramedics

Paul McDermott was saved after he suffered a medical emergency while riding his bike.
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MA Paramedic Dies While On Duty at Fire Station

Brent Stephens, 52, suffered a medical emergency at the station, officials said.
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Canton (MA) Fire Department Saves Life of Crash Victim with Whole Blood

07.12.2024
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MA 911 Outage Blamed on Firewall

06.20.2024
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Gloucester (MA) Fire Department Mourns Passing of Longtime EMS Coordinator

04.02.2024
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Preparing for Disaster: UMass Lowell EMS Trains for Mass Casualty Incident

04.01.2024
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Rural MA Ambulance Service That Almost Closed Gets a Little Help From a Friend

03.21.2024
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Cop Saves Choking Baby Minutes after Finishing CPR Class, Police Say. ‘Extraordinary’

02.22.2024
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Watch: MA Ambulance Nearly Hit by Car in Rollover Crash

02.15.2024
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Jeep Driver Issued Warning in South Boston Ambulance Rollover Crash

09.26.2023
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MA Police Sergeant Recovering from Harrowing Medical Emergency on NH Mountain

07.14.2023
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MA Firefighters Find Four Kids in Squalid Apartment

06.21.2023
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Pridestar Trinity EMS CPR Education Course Saves the Day

06.14.2023
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MA Woman Accused of Attacking EMT Deemed Unfit to Stand Trial

04.04.2023
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