Low wages, a lack of work-life balance and burnout are among factors driving emergency medical services personnel around the country to quit ambulance duty. Last year, the turnover rate for full-time emergency medical technicians, known as EMTs, was 36% and for full-time paramedics, it was 27%, according to an American Ambulance Association survey.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Pew Charitable Trusts

Sabrail Davenport's heart ached when she learned a judge dismissed charges against a former village building department official resulting from the investigation into the fire in which her firefighter son died. Davenport fears no one will be held responsible for the deaths of her son Jared Lloyd, 35, and adult home resident Oliver Huested, 79.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal News - Metered Site

A fire department in one of our hometowns caught word that bullying was happening in the community and they decided they were going to do something about it. They surprised one teen by eating lunch with him trying to show him he was not alone. “When Dawn Roberts adopted her son Jackson from China, she didn’t know he had autism.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WDBJ-TV CBS 7 Roanoke

It's National Burn Awareness Week and the Benton County Fire District #1 wants to focus it's efforts of preventing scalding burns. A scalding burn can cause third degree burns instantaneously. A third degree burn can destroy you muscles, skin, damage fat, organs and even burn the bone under your skin.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDU-TV NBC 25 Richland

A stolen vehicle smashed into a Vancouver home Sunday evening, causing both the house and SUV to catch fire, according to the Vancouver Fire Department. Shortly after 8 p.m., fire crews responded to a structure fire at 4710 Northeast 56th Place. It was reported that an SUV had crashed into a house and two people were seen fleeing on foot.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland