Vancouver, BC – Firefighters say 911 policy leaving them sidelined during some medical calls

Hillsborough County, Florida – Hillsborough promotes firefighter to paramedic without checking credentials

Richmond, Virginia – Ambulance catches fire on parkway

Palm Beach County, Florida – County settles lawsuit with woman dropped by paramedics

Peterborough, Ontario – Paramedics launch zero tolerance campaign against abuse by patients

Highmark, Pennsylvania – Pilot program to pay ambulance companies when patients not taken to hospital

San Antonio, Texas – New portable ultrasound technology being used by paramedics in District 7

New York, New York – Councilman urges mayor, FDNY to dump disgraced EMT who is son of deputy assistant chief

London, UK – Paramedics, police told to wear masks, goggles, and gloves if they come across fentanyl after a 30 % surge in deaths from opioid

Victoria, Australia – Man who chased down ambulance to appeal 34-month jail sentence

New South Wales, Australia – Paramedics assaulted more than police: report

San Antonio, Texas – Police release mugshot of man accused of stealing EMS unit, crashing into 4 cars on highway

Gary, Indiana – $8.1 million transferred from EMS account and spent on other things, report finds

Clarksburg, West Virginia – Man arrested after biting EMS worker’s finger to the bone

Covington, Kentucky – Paramedics, firefighters get animal first aid training

Springfield, Missouri – Paramedics use Narcan an average of 40 times each month

Johannesburg, South Africa – EMS and police female staff call for equal rights

Cape Town, South Africa – Attacks on EMS crews, law enforcement on the rise