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Your Mail: More service, same cost in Rapides Fire District 2 ballot initiative Alexandria Town Talk, Thursday, 10/11/2012 According to an attorney general's opinion released Oct. 20, 2009, if a proposition is silent with regards to emergency medical service facilities or equipment, public monies cannot be used for emergency response. Fire District No. 2 was established in 1952 |
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Sparta EMS looking to bill The Sparta Independent, Wednesday, 10/10/2012 As with many other volunteer emergency medical service agencies, it has become increasingly difficult for the Sparta Ambulance Squad to cover daytime hours during its 24-hour, seven-day-a-week cycle. Because of the increasingly limited availability of |
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Calhoun seeks Decatur's fire, police and emergency medical protection News Courier, Wednesday, 10/10/2012 “Decatur has a SWAT team, full emergency medical service and HAZMAT (hazardous materials response) and can respond in force.” Calhoun President Marilyn Beck and Calhoun spokeswoman Janet Kincherlow-Martin were not available this morning for |
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Our View: PRMC expands services to Millsboro, southern Delaware area Delmarva Now, Wednesday, 10/10/2012 A spokesman for the Millsboro Volunteer Fire Company's emergency medical service pointed out that transport times from the area are not ideal at 25 minutes to Beebe Medical Center in Lewes, a time that can increase to 40 minutes or more in inclement |
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Prosecutor awaits blood tests on fatal-crash driver New Jersey Herald, Wednesday, 10/10/2012 The accident was first reported to Hardyston police dispatchers, but the first ambulance crews to respond to the accident were paramedics from the Saint Clare's Emergency Medical Service Advanced Life Support squad out of Lafayette and the Sparta |
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Firemen To Don Pink Medical Gloves The Spokesman Review (blog), Tuesday, 10/09/2012 The Coeur d' Alene Fire Department has teamed up with Kootenai County Emergency Medical Service System for the month of October to bring awareness to Breast Cancer. Coeur d' Alene Firefighters will be wearing pink medical gloves while responding to |
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Amagansett Firefighter Honored for 60 Years of Service Patch.com, Tuesday, 10/09/2012 Along with the traditional Firefighter of the Year award, the Emergency Medical Service's Person of the Year was added. Joe Karpinski, an EMT and ambulance company captain, is its first recipient. "This year he has taken the squad and really done a great |
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Coeur d' Alene Firefighters wear pink gloves for Breast Cancer Awareness KREM.com (registration), Tuesday, 10/09/2012 |
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Deputy, Suspect Hurt When Hit by Car Monticello News, Friday, 03/09/2012 |
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Never fear, a revamped GFR is here: Higher selectivity, new equipment, more ... Lamron, Thursday, 03/08/2012 |
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Lifesaver Maria, 11, shortlisted This is Cornwall, Thursday, 10/11/2012 
Maria Rowe has reached the final of the second annual St John Ambulance First Aid Awards, nominated for the Guy Evans award in recognition of "an inspirational first aid achievement". ?. Maria, who saved her dad's life, gets a hug from her mum, Saras. ? |
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Rugby player left in agony on pitch waiting for treatment Halifax Evening Courier, Thursday, 10/11/2012 
A rapid responder arrived around 5.15 pm and the ambulance itself did not arrive until 5.45 pm and the casualty was then taken to hospital. Heath chairman Paul Sutcliffe said he was among people waiting at Will's side including the player's parents and |
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Dog walker dies after being trampled by cows ITV News, Thursday, 10/11/2012 |
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Video: Charity shows off night-flight helicopter Peterborough Telegraph, Thursday, 10/11/2012 
A life-saving air ambulance charity showcased its new night capable helicopter at a special event for supporters at the weekend. The East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) invited sponsors to Conington Airfield, near Holme, on Saturday, to inspect one of its two |
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Sauk City man named national EMT of the year 77Square.com, Thursday, 10/11/2012 Dean Darling, an emergency medical technician with the Sauk Prairie Ambulance Association, has been named EMT of the year by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. According to a news release, Darling has worked for the agency |
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Mars Hill man injured after clothes catch in harvester St. John Valley Times, Thursday, 10/11/2012 |
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Norton fire levy back on ballot Akron Leader Publications, Thursday, 10/11/2012 Schultz said when a resident calls for help during the unmanned hours, dispatchers send calls to a private ambulance service or a neighboring fire department. Also, when there are multiple calls at one time when the station is manned, staff reductions have |
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Will you be voting for our rescue hero Lee? Basingstoke Observer, Thursday, 10/11/2012 Now Lee, who lives in Hook, has been nominated for the St John Ambulance First Aid Awards and readers are being invited to vote for him as he is up against four other heroes. 'I'm really so very honoured to be short listed for the St John Ambulance First Aid |
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Tarrytown Police: Bellas Fire, Chasing $1000 Patch.com, Thursday, 10/11/2012 27 at 2:34 p.m. reporting a kitchen fire. The fire department and police responded. Police on the scene requested an ambulance for an employee suffering from smoke inhalation. Tarrytown Volunteer Ambulance Corps reported that the person refused medical |
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Why Emergency Response Times Have Slowed in Kansas City fox4kc.com, Thursday, 10/11/2012 
In December 2011, protocol changed, requiring dispatchers to get additional information from callers. Before the protocol change, the dispatcher sent the ambulance to the scene within 28 to 34 seconds. But now, dispatchers are asking for more information so |
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