This new option is designed to help keep ambulances and emergency rooms available for patients with life-threatening conditions.

Under a policy that took effect in early November, Virginia Beach EMS now responds to most calls without lights and sirens, citing just a 2–3 minute time savings versus nearly doubled crash risk ...

Corewell Health and the Grand Rapids Fire Department will launch a six-month pilot in January embedding a community health worker with EMS responses to redirect low-acuity 911 calls ...

WALB is working to produce a video for this story. In the meantime, we encourage you to watch our livestream. DOUGHERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) - Dougherty County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed legislation — inspired by the vicious deadly stabbing of EMS Lt. Alison Russo in 2022 — that would require two qualified medical first responders be dispatched to 911 ...

Riverside County is set to roll out a new 911 call distribution system that it hopes will reduce unnecessary ambulance rides to the hospital. "The new initiative empowers 911 dispatchers with an ...

DeKalb County approved a five-year, nearly $78 million contract to expand ambulance coverage and improve EMS response times. Daily unit hours will rise to 600, with more ambulances, new programs and ...