EMS Grants News and Articles

• Grant funds provide Tenn. EMS agency with 8 new stretchers

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  The battery-powered stretchers cost nearly $160,000, and the grant paid for 90 percent of the purchase

• Report: The estimated costs of NG911

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  After two years of research, a team of experts has determined that it will cost between $9.5 and $12.7 billion over the next ten years to expand NG911

• $2M grant allows Fla. fire dept. to hire 21 new responders

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  A SAFER Grant will pay for 75 percent of the newly-hired firefighters’ and EMS providers’ salaries for the next two years

• Fla. county officials implementing ambulance changes amid harsh criticism

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  Volusia County will use a $638,400 grant to roll out new programs and technology for a system that's taking heat for its response times and ambulance availability

• NY county gets $6.5M grant to help struggling volunteer EMS agencies

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  Especially during the day, Lewis County EMS agencies have trouble staffing the rigs, which can significantly slow response times

• Federal govt. agencies award funding for high school trauma training

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  The National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health was awarded up to $2.3 million to deliver trauma training to high school students

• NY counties using grants to upgrade 911 equipment

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  The improvements come after Oneida County experienced several issues, such as when mice chewed through phone lines, causing Verizon customers not to be able to contact 911

• Fla. county officials not renewing grant to get free naloxone

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  Miami County officials did not renew a state grant to receive free doses of naloxone, saying “overdoses are down significantly” in the area

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