When you call 911, you expect a quick response. In Dekalb County, a study found that EMS response times could be more than 20 minutes. The recommended standard nationally for basic life support is ...

Marshalltown Fire Chief Christopher Cross was a busy man this week as he spoke to the Marshalltown city council on Monday ...

Hancock County commissioners want to hire a group to study local fire and EMS service, hoping to be prepared should state legislators make changes that shift more responsibility for those services to ...

If approved, the non-binding agreement would launch a six-month study examining whether consolidation could improve service ...

The ambulance bay at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital. Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger BRATTLEBORO — Town-funded consultants and the region’s main emergency medical provider concur on a key finding in a ...

An EMS feasibility study conducted by the state Department of Community and Economic Development recommends that emergency medical services agencies in Wyoming County work together and communicate ...

BRATTLEBORO — A group hired to evaluate paths forward for providing emergency medical services in town developed criteria for the project and is receiving public feedback. Preliminary findings of a ...

Forgoing the usual metrics for emergency medical services, researchers evaluated more than 9,000 EMS companies through 11 measures. They found large discrepancies in patient care. EMS are typically ...

The Center for Governmental Research has been awarded a contract to study Lawrence Township's fire and emergency services.

At Tuesday's Lawrence County Commissioners meeting, they got a proposal from a pre-med student to have the county's EMTs participate in a study about the effects of their job on their body. Lawrence ...