Paramedic Firefighter News Today

Governor Gavin Newsom recently announced the reappointment of two Santa Clarita Valley residents to state board positions.

Calls were logged during the time period of Tuesday, May 14 through Monday, May 20.

COLUMBUS, Ind. - The Columbus Fire Department (CFD) has announced the retirement of four department members with a combined 98 years of service to the...

Congratulation to KEVIN MATZKER – our Grand Prize Winner of The Rizzuto Show’s “First Responders Front Row Giveaway” for Pointfest next Saturday! Kevin is a Par

I me, r g ist ne. >> reporter: her father, a paramedic firefighter, today describing how she disappeared in an instant. >> i dove under and i grabbed her, and when i pulled her up, a shark came up with her. and it had a big -- just a big eye just staring at you. and i hit it with everything i could and it let go. >> reporter: paige rushed to shore and airlifted to the hospital with deep lacerations. her leg amputated above the knee. >> the shark took her leg, but it did not take her spirit. >> r...

Heather: a great story, the july 4th holiday, you are out there doing the job, a paramedic firefighter for 12 years. >> that is correct. i have been with pinellas suncoast fire rescue for 7 years. heather: take me through what happened on this day. >> i was assigned to engine 27 around 4:30 i received a call from a reporter drowning at a location at splash harbor waterpark a few blocks from the station. we had a little sense of urgency. we were escorted back to our patient who was a 3-year-old l...

I work. i work -- well, to be honest, im going to school to be a firefighter paramedic right now. i start my paramedic school in january and i did my emt last summer and my fire academy last fall, and ive just been working in between just to make money. i work at a place which is a phone company that answers phones for at & t. so thats what im doing right now. just as far as bills and making money. everybody has to survive. meanwhile, im going to school to be a paramedic firefighter. i actually ...