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• FDNY firefighter responds to call to treat own daughter hit by car

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  Queens Firefighter Omar Wilks responded to a call of a teen struck by a car and discovered the patient was his own daughter

• NJ city FD, EMS partner with university for nursing student ride-along program

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  Participants say the program helps aspiring nurses understand the prehospital decision-making process in emergencies

• Mich. city FD says increased medical runs have consumed budget

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  The city’s mayor said options include opting out of EMS services or cutting other services unless changes to funding or the county EMS system are made

• First high school emergency operations center opens in Connecticut

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  Students will get hands-on career development experience while providing support to first responders

• Calif. city could start charging nonresidents for EMS

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  The change could help the city's fire department recover more of the costs of providing fee-related EMS services

• App notifies firefighters of pedestrian hit right outside station

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  The California firefighters said they were able to respond immediately after the PulsePoint app alerted them to the injured woman

• 35 Pa. volunteer EMS services ask legislators to 'slow the bleeding'

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  The services called for reductions in education, training and certification requirements as they face volunteer shortages

• Man accused of attacking, biting FDNY EMT indicted on assault charges

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  FDNY EMT Nicholas Cody suffered nerve damage after being bitten on the shoulder and slammed into an ambulance door

• Ohio city FFs voice concerns over LODD report, staffing, response times

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  Hamilton firefighters packed a city council meeting Wednesday and raised questions about omissions from a report on the fire that killed Firefighter Patrick Wolterman

• Ind. firefighters accused of cheating on EMT exam

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  One firefighter resigned after a total of six firefighters from two municipalities were accused of cheating

• For 50 years, Mass. foundation has helped fund fire-rescue teams

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  The group has raised and donated more than $200,000 to help fire, rescue and EMS services in its small town community

• Calif. city FD to ramp up EMS after neighboring county cuts ambulances

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  The department plans to provide nontransport advanced life support in anticipation that their county's ambulances will be taxed responding to the next county over

• 2 Milwaukee EMTs injured in FD ambulance crash

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  The EMTs were performing CPR on a patient inside the ambulance when it was struck by another vehicle

• 911 wait times reduced after changes to Ariz. city dispatch system

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  Wait times for 911 callers reduced by three-fourths after the city combined its police and fire-EMS communication centers and upgraded technology

• Wis. municipalities still waiting after 22 years for fire-EMS district

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  Heated disagreements between fire and municipal officials have left a proposed consolidation plan in limbo

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