Texas firefighters critical after crash involving fire truck, ambulance
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04/20/2015
Calgary, Alberta – Ambulance response times not hitting previous targets 30 per cent of the time: doc
Stockholm, Saskatchewan – Resident tired of costly ambulance bills
Hodge Hill, UK – Ambulance windscreen smashed by brick as crew treated patient
Aberdeen, UK – Young boy with breathing difficulties forced to wait over 4 hours for ambulance
Ripley, UK – Fired paramedic tells tribunal, “I’m no sex offenderâ€
Co. Mayo, Ireland – Ambulance not immediately available to take collapsed man to hospital
Co. Durham, Ireland – Grandmother died of aneurysm after 999 call handler classed her as non-urgent despite 3 calls from her husband because she was turning blue
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Monday, April 20, 2015
** Flags at half mast for Massachusetts combat medic killed in Afghanistan;funeral today
** Winnipeg EMS union calls for independent review of Fire Paramedic Service
UNITED STATES NEWS
** Flags in Acton, Massachusetts will fly at half mast today to honor the life of a military medic killed April 8th in Afghanistan. That is the word from The Patch (Jason Claffey/April 17) which said the tribute to Spc. John M. Dawson, 22, who grew up in Whitinsville, will take place on the day of his funeral in Upton. Dawson, who succumbed to wounds suffered from a small arms fire incident near Jalalabad, was based out of Fort Campbell, Kentucky. He leaves behind his parents, a sister, and extended family.
CANADA NEWS
** The union representing Winnipeg paramedics in Manitoba is agitating for an outside review of how the Fire Paramedic Service is run. The Carillon (Aldo Santin/April 18) quoted Manitoba Government Employees Union (MGEU) President Michelle Gawronsky as questioning the cost involved in having fire trucks and personnel respond to medical calls. According to the newspaper, Gawronsky said more money should be devoted to increasing the number of ambulances on the road. She said an independent look-see should examine whether the base assumption that a tiered response model involving fire is cost effective at all. Her comments come at a time when Fire Chief John Lane has publicly defended the integrated EMS/fire service as excellent when it comes to EMS provision. An Ontario agency, meanwhile, reviewing the Winnipeg approach said it resulted in lower costs but poor response times for both ambulances and fire trucks.
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