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A state grant helped the LeRoy Ambulance Service replace an older intercept unit and an ambulance
A grant from the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management will cover half the cost of a new CAD system to help integrate mutual aid for The Village Fire Department
Racine voters approved a $1.5 million annual property tax increase to support the fire department, ensuring funding to preserve nine paramedic and EMT positions
The move comes after an ‘unusually high’ number of Birmingham police officers called out sick last week
Union leaders condemned the decision as selective enforcement and a “double standard”
The county has set up free vending machines and sent medical teams with naloxone out to encampments
Adams, a former cop, entertained the idea after meeting with Chicago’s mayor, who just dropped a similar requirement
About 200 fire departments out of over 800 have already joined the effort and ID’d more than 50,000 gallons of PFAS-containing foam that will be disposed of
Jackson Hole Fire/EMS Chief Brady Hansen said that a county error would have put firefighter, EMT and paramedic salaries “very much on the low end”
“We’re not doing mass firings today,” said Mayor Lori Lightfoot after declaring Sunday the last day to comply with the mandate
Officials intend to push forward with the project, saying that any trespassers will be arrested
“I think it will help police not only solve, but prosecute crime more efficiently,” said Sen. Scott Surovell
First-responders had little guidance and traveled blindly into dangerous situations, a report said