A Maine woman has been charged with theft for allegedly stealing an ambulance from a Biddeford hospital.

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Crestline Ambulances will celebrate National EMS Week from May 17–23, 2026, with daily giveaways for EMS professionals, emphasizing community engagement and support for first responders.

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Check out this E-ONE pumper built for Pennsylvania's Union Steam Fire Engine & Hose Co. No. 1 in Lebanon, PA.

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PHOTOS: A fast-moving fire forced dozens of residents from their homes at a North Attleboro condominium complex Monday afternoon.

North Attleboro Fire Chief Chris Coleman told 12 News a 911 call came in around 2 p.m. reporting a fire in an air conditioning unit at the Hawthorne Village Condominiums on Juniper Road.

Heavy flames and thick smoke were seen pouring from the top of the 34-unit building, which sustained significant damage and a collapsed roof.

At 3:30 p.m., officials upgraded the fire to seven alarms, prompting departments from surrounding communities, including some from as far as Norwood, to respond. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency also assisted.

According to Coleman, mutual aid was needed not only for additional manpower, but also because crews faced challenges with the water supply.

He said their primary concerns were ensuring all residents evacuated safely and preventing the fire from spreading to an adjacent 20-unit building.

WPRI-TV CBS/MyNetworkTV 12 Providence

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VIDEO: New research could soon change emergency medicine and make it easier for first responders to stop bleeding anywhere in the world. Researchers in Pittsburgh and Cleveland have developed the first-ever freeze dried artificial platelets.

“One of the most frustrating things are the patients that we don’t ever get a chance to take care of. The patients who don’t have access to the lifesaving resources that we have in the hospital,” said Matthew Neal, M.D., a trauma surgeon and professor at University of Pittsburgh.

Blood platelets help stop the bleeding when people get injured but in traumatic situations, the body doesn’t always have enough or they cannot work fast enough. Currently donated blood platelets can only be given to a patient inside a hospital setting or within close proximity.

But one little vial could soon change that and field medicine as first responders know it. Neal and Anirban Sen Gupta, Ph.D., a professor of biomedical engineering at Case Western Reserve University, spent nearly 10 years researching blood platelets and how to make artificial platelets.

The result is a small vial of powder — freeze-dried artificial platelets. One vial is the equivalent of one donated unit of platelets that would be given to a bleeding patient. They said the powder only has to be combined with 10 mL of sterile water which first responders already carry.

WTAJ-TV CBS 10 Altoona

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