However, Schultz told 7 News the need for volunteer EMS workers has increased since the pandemic. "Covid, unfortunately has really hurt the volunteer fire service across not just Niagara County ...

The pandemic, however, has aggravated trends that had been building for some time. As EMS usage spiked while COVID-19 spread, staff was stretched thin as the virus ravaged many communities, large ...

Emergency medical services (EMS) encounters for youth opioid overdoses were rising before the COVID-19 pandemic, increased during its onset, and then flattened out, but remained higher than ...

During the pandemic, EMS providers were fit-testers for personal protection equipment, served as contact tracers for health departments, staffed test sites, provided vaccinations and more.

During the pandemic, EMS providers were fit-testers for personal protection equipment, served as contact tracers for health departments, staffed test sites, provided vaccinations and more.

Assigned to the four-star post in May 2019, Bonsignore, 53, led the city’s 4,640 EMS members during the COVID pandemic, unrest over the murder of George Floyd and the death of EMS Lt. Alison ...

But EMS, since the COVID-19 pandemic began, has been in a state of crisis. The biggest red flag is that there have been over a dozen suicides of EMS workers in New York City alone during the ...

More than a dozen firefighters are suing D.C. Fire and EMS over its clean shave policy, saying it discriminates against ...

A group of firefighters are suing D.C. Fire and EMS over its policy on facial hair. They allege that it’s a discriminatory ...

The partnership between San Diego Fire-Rescue and private EMS provider Falck has enabled SD to overcome staffing shortages created during the pandemic and meet response-time goals more effectively.