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• Ala. city program partners doctors with paramedics in ambulances

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  In the second year of the program, physicians will respond to 911 calls on a rotational basis

• Ambulance response times continue to lag in Ga. city

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  Dunwoody and Dekalb County signed a memorandum of understanding last fall to station more ambulances around the city

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• Mass. city FD worried about medical response times after hospital closes

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  Ambulance turnaround and arrival time, which has already been impacted, is likely to become more an issue when Union Hospital and its emergency room closes next spring

• Sacramento firefighters request budget increase to improve response time

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  The department needs money for more ambulances and $2 million to add improvements and staff to reopen Fire Station 9.

• Detroit fire union blasts 'ignorant' EMS dispatch memo

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  "Do not automatic dispatch EMS to a fire scene," the memo reads, listing reasons to send a unit

• Chief: Gawkers slowed fire department response

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  Traffic near the fire was a "huge hindrance" to the 23 firefighters and five units that responded to the fire

• Closure of Wyo. city's FD shifts burden to neighboring departments

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  On July 1 the Mills Fire Department will be reduced to administrative-only roles

• Family of man killed in DC fire truck crash files $15M lawsuit

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  The crash occurred last year when the truck ran a red light and broadsided a Honda

• Investigators seek cause of fatal Ariz. fire truck-pickup wreck

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  The crash between a fire truck and pickup killed three people, including an infant boy

• 33 Fla. counties now have text to 911 capabilities

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  Anyone who can’t call in an emergency can now send a message to request police, fire or medical assistance

• Report: Additional Chicago ambulances not decreasing response times

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  Paramedic Field Chief Patrick Fitzmaurice said the added ambulances were a “Band-Aid on a wound that needed a tourniquet”

• Calif. county shakes up emergency response system to get to patients faster

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  Shorter response times and better patient outcomes are the goals of what officials are calling a high-performance, integrated response system

• Calif. fire dept. launches paramedic program

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  Prior to the program launch, the 10 firefighter-paramedics on staff were not allowed to perform ALS and had to wait for an ambulance and crew to arrive

• Conn. city responders express frustration with traffic obstacles

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  The growing population of Stamford means more cars on the road, and less space for first responders

• Wash. fire dept. considers mobile health response program

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  Seattle officials proposed a pilot program that would help responders deal with non-emergency calls and decrease response times

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