Police officers from Junctio PD responded last week to a car fire. Armed with fire extinguishers the police had the fire out before the arrival of firefighters. Now the local fire union is upset that Police took work away from the fire service.
Read More »Family sues fire department for failing to save pets
The DuBois Volunteer fire department is facing a lawsuit from a family who lost everything in a house fire. The family claims that firefighters initially arrived on scene then took too long to make an entry. As a result beloved family pets were lost
Read More »Grocery Shopping Firefighters Foil Credit Union Robbery
The Baconia Police Department is crediting their city’s fire department with foiling a bank robbery that occurred earlier today, which resulted in closing out case files on five other recent unsolved bank robberies.
Read More »New Bariatric Transport unit being field-tested.
After their third Paramedic in as many months has been placed on disability related to lifting injuries, one city is testing a new Ambulance. Injuries from dealing with bariatric patients are reaching epidemic levels across the US. So in response various transport vehicles have been developed to haul the morbidly obese
Read More »Law Student upset over DUI arrest because “Clearly I can’t be drunk it is now the next day”
Second year law student Miles O’Brien was arrested on his way to classes this morning for a DUI. O’Brien is completely dumbfounded at how the police could think he was drunk because he clearly slept, showered and had coffee before getting behind the wheel.
Read More »City disbands EMS because people can drive to the hospital faster anyhow
The City of Annexia has disbanded their EMS service. This measure is a way to save on budget shortfalls and also to provide a better public service to the city.
Read More »The Gathering of the Pigeons Meets in Branson, Missouri
In response to the annual Gathering of the Eagles, a meeting held with many prominent national EMS medical directors, a group of older, far less progressive doctors and paramedics held their own gathering
Read More »EMS director bans use of funny TeeSpring shirts when on calls
EMS director Richard Glava put out a memo banning non-sanctioned shirts immediately. The memo goes on to state the he has received multiple complaints about messages on shirts.
Read More »EMT to be renamed in effort to raise respect for career path
Emergency Medical Technicians will likely be getting renamed to a new job title. The reason for the change, EMT has become synonymous with low skill work. So starting January 1, 2015 EMTs will become Pre-hospital Care Professionals, PCP.
Read More »Paramedics Able to Refuse Service Based on Religious Views
Mere hours after passing a controversial bill allowing religious business owners to refuse service to gay patrons due to religious reasons, the first case of "turn away the gay" has been reported to the media.
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