A state senator whose daughter died of a heroin overdose in a Burger King parking lot spearheaded a law that grants immunity to 911 callers
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Monthly Archives: February 2017
Ga. bills seek to increase penalties for crimes against responders
The legislation would greatly expand the definition of a public safety officer as a police officer, emergency health worker and firefighter
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What legislation will actually make EMS providers safer?
State legislators have passed or are considering several pieces of legislation intended to improve EMS working conditions and safety for providers
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Frequent Flyers: Medical alarm wake-up call
A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of EMS
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Ill. fire dept. seeks to hire more paramedics
The fire chief said he wants to hire more paramedics due to shorter hospital stays, an aging population and residents living with long-term and complex medical conditions
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Flood fears renewed as Calif. is pounded by storm
San Francisco has already surpassed the normal annual amount for the wet season that begins in October
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St. Louis-based dispatch center to add 75 positions
The company, which covers calls across five states, is eliminating smaller dispatch centers and consolidating into the St. Louis location
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Report: Mass. opioid-related deaths up 24 percent in 2016
Although heroin killed fewer people in 2016, those deaths only decreased as more lives were lost to fentanyl
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Ohio bill would make killing first responders death penalty crime
The legislation would also include killings of current and former military members
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2 dead as storm lashes Southern California
Using ropes and inflatable boats, firefighters rescued seven people and two dogs from the Sepulveda basin, a recreation and flood-control area
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