Donna Echols News Today

Some major Mississippi cities that have used the same private ambulance contractor for decades are reconsidering that relationship in light of questions about response times and potentially deadly consequences.  Leaders in Biloxi, Gulfport and Jackson have discussed American Medical Response’s ambulance response and the contracts with that service during recent city council meetings. They have [...]

Biloxi and Gulfport are among the cities studying their contracts with American Medical Response. Here’s more.

Donna Echols had just returned to her north Jackson home from her eldest son’s fairytale wedding in the Bahamas and expected to greet the groom’s father who had stayed behind to watch the house and her pets.  What she didn’t expect was the start of an emotional rollercoaster.  That night, April 27, Echols found her [...]

Jackson woman made five calls and endured 90-minute wait for an ambulance to help her stroke victim ex-husband.

The purpose of the organization is to foster an open and transparent, reciprocal dialogue between the first responders and legislators. Mississippi’s local and state public first responders, representing firefighters, law enforcement and EMTs, announced today a coalition of State Senators and House