Top News Stories

• Ex-D.C. Fire Chief Regrets EMS Merger
  Former D.C. Fire Chief Adrian H. Thompson, who left in 2006, now says the department should be divided.
• This Week in EMS: D.C. EMS Merger Regret...Criminal Review of D.C. EMS Care...WTC Health Care Settlement
  Adrian H. Thompson, who led the department from July 2002 through December 2006 and took the initial steps to merge the responsibilities of the department's civilian EMS work force with its uniformed firefighters, said he no longer thinks the plan can work.
• EMS Official Chosen as San Diego Fire Chief
  Frank Parra, a National City councilman replaces the retiring fire chief, but Parra doesn't have any firefighting experience.
• Criminal Review Underway of D.C. EMS Care of Girl
  Police are handling the investigation of a paramedic who was in charge of the care for two-year-old Stephanie Stephens when a decision was made not to take the little girl to the hospital.
• NYC to Pay Up to $657M to Settle WTC Health Cases
• Seeking Heart Safe Communities
• Ambulance Called for 'Scratched' Boy at Pa. Chuck E Cheese
• Worker Hurt in Church Ceiling Collapse in Mass.
• N.H. Student Injured in Classroom Electrical Shock
• 4 Killed by Trains in Accidents in N.J., N.Y., Pa.
• Man Gets Life in Death of Delaware Paramedic