HOMER TOWNSHIP, Ill. – There people were hurt, one seriously, after an ambulance rollover in suburban Chicago. The crash involved a Superior ambulance and a Volkswagen Passat on Interstate 355 at 6 a.m., police told patch.com. The car was stopped in the shoulder when...
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Several people were hurt after an ambulance and a Lyft collided last week in New York, according to a report. The Daily Freeman reports the crash involved a Mobile Life Support Services ambulance that was transporting a person complaining of leg...
FRANKLIN, N.J. - At least one person was hurt when a Robert Wood Johnson Ambulance Service rig slammed into a brick home in New Jersey, according to reports. The crash took place on Hamilton Street between Franklin Boulevard and Shevchenko Avenue, according to a...
CAAS-GVS V2.0 is now published with an effective date of July 1, 2019. The CAAS-GVS team is already planning for V3.0, which is scheduled to start development in 2021 and be effective in 2022.
As CAAS prepared for the release of GVS V2.0 in July 2019, the newly developed GVS Remount Standard that is included as part of the updated V2.0 document stands out as a major development in enhancing the safety, quality, and durability of remounted ambulances as the most rapidly growing segment of the emergency vehicle market.
PADUCAH, Ky.—Several people were hurt when a Ballard County Ambulance Service van and a minivan collided early Monday. The crash happened just after 12:30 a.m. on U.S. 60 and New Hold Road, according to KFVS-TV. The driver of the ambulance told police she was driving...
Ian Blanchard remembers his last day working in the back of an ambulance well. It was the day his career caring for patients one-on-one came to an early and unplanned end. “I was stepping over some cables that ran from the stretcher to a monitor on the side counter,...
ROCKY HILL, Conn. — Three volunteer members of the Rocky Hill Volunteer Ambulance Association were hurt when their rig was involved in a crash Thursday night, authorities said. The ambulance was responding to a call when it was hit, Rocky Hill police said in a...
Good Samaritans helped rescue a 91-year-old patient inside a submerged Williston Fire Department ambulance in North Dakota on Thanksgiving night, according to a new report. The ambulance hit black ice on Highway 83, roughly 20 miles south of Minot, and landed in icy...
WJLA, with permission WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Three people were injured and taken to hospitals when a DC ambulance and a car crashed Monday afternoon. The crash happened at I-295 southbound and South Capitol SE at around 1:35 p.m., according to DC Police. DC Fire and EMS...
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas -- First responders with Cypress Creek EMS were the target of an attack last week when a large piece of concrete was thrown through an ambulance's windshield while traveling on the highway, officials said. Pictures shared by Harris County...
By Julian P. Watras, NRP, CIT Commonwealth Health EMS headquartered in Scranton, Pennsylvania, revealed an ambulance with a special meaning on Tuesday, October 23. The “Fallen Hero” ambulance pays tribute to members of the emergency services and military...
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