Southern California counties have been dealing with a shortage of paramedics and EMTs blamed in part on a disruption in paramedic/EMT classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A person was rescued from an overflowing creek in Hillsborough Thursday night thanks to an EMS crew who saw the wrecked car and the driver stuck in overflowing water, according to the Orange Rural ...

The comfort bears, designed for both children and adults, to the fire departments in Orange and Seminole counties during the annual NFPA conference.

Central Florida’s emergency medicine and EMS community lost a friend, a mentor, a teacher and a leader this week. Dr. Salvatore Silvestri, a central figure in Orange County’s emergency … ...

Orange County 911 handles 1,200 police, fire and rescue calls a day. The county’s director of emergency medical services says staff shortages make it difficult to respond to an emergency in a ...

EMTs and paramedics make up the largest EMS occupation, with 239,100 employed nationally, according to the BLS, and 1,300 employed in Orange County in 2012, according to the California Employment ...

Orange County has hired a new fire and emergency medical services chief, according to a news release from the county.

PAUL: ORANGE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE PARAMEDIC DYANA ALEXANDER IS ONE OF AROUND 40 THAT RECENTLY TOOK PART IN TRAINING TO GIVE THE COVID 19 VACCINE. >> WE PREPARE OUR SPACE, WE’RE GOING TO PRACTICE ...

Orange County emergency responders will be getting a new communications system that will enable agencies and departments to talk amongst themselves and with outside agencies.

Orange County 911 handles 1,200 police, fire and rescue calls a day. The county’s director of emergency medical services says staff shortages make it difficult to respond to an emergency in a ...