A Sarasota ambulance responded to a call early Monday morning and was struck by multiple bullets, according to police. Sarasota police responded to reports of the Sarasota County Fire Department being shot upon during a call on Goodrich Avenue at approximately 4 a.m. The ambulance was dispatched to 2932 Goodrich Avenue in Sarasota for an individual who had fallen.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFTS Tampa Bay

Since his earliest memories, Jason Hufford has always wanted to be a firefighter. But what he wasn't prepared for were the many traumatic experiences that would have an affect on his mind and eventually, his body. Nor was he prepared for the yearlong journey he endured to become an advocate for first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Newark Advocate

A new study published in the Emergency Medicine Journal shows that the much-talked-about threat of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA, isn't just found inside hospitals. The research shows the threat exists for patients before they even get to a hospital bed, with the potentially deadly bacteria showing up on oxygen tanks in ambulances, ambulance floors and even on ambulance door handles.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Healthcare Finance

VIDEO: Illinois firefighters survived flames erupting through an outside window while battling a house fire recently. The Decatur Fire Department posted a video taken by a resident of the Dec. 28 close call for the crew. In it, firefighters including one on a ladder are outside, near one of the windows, as they're fighting the home blaze.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

The city of Wilmington and its mayors' "failure to care" and "indifference" led to the deaths of three Wilmington firefighters and serious injuries to another three in a row home arson in Canby Park in 2016, according to the latest round of court documents filed in a civil lawsuit in the case, obtained by WDEL.
- PUB DATE: 1/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDEL 1150AM & WDEL.com