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 ...

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

As former emergency medical services (EMS) workers, Dave Hostler and Brian Clemency know how challenging it can be to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working long shifts at odd hours. That’s why ...

Montgomery County has kicked off an ambitious effort to study and assess willing Emergency Medical Services providers with an eye toward helping the companies become more sustainable and provide the ...

The “National EMS Assessment,” released in December 2011 by the Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS), validates that the fire service is the largest provider of EMS in ...

Research out of Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health determined that emergency medical technicians and paramedics are 14 times more likely to be violently injured on the job than the ...

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

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

CHILLICOTHE― Townships in Ross County may not have to contribute financially to the county EMS study. The approximately $150,000 study aims to find a way to provide a reliable level of EMS service and ...