UPMC provides city with $10 million to support EMS fleet
The $10 million contribution will allow the city to get new ambulances and rescue trucks over the coming years.
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The $10 million contribution will allow the city to get new ambulances and rescue trucks over the coming years.
The City of Pittsburgh and the EMS paramedics union have reached a contract agreement.
Pittsburgh EMS workers say they are understaffed and overstretched, racing from one call to the next.
The state fire commissioner was in town for the Monroeville Fire and EMS Show to tout the governor's plan to double funding for the fire and EMS grant to $60 million.
The state fire commissioner was in town for the Monroeville Fire and EMS Show to tout the governor's plan to double funding for the fire and EMS grant to $60 million. KDKA-TV's Alexandra Todd reports.
The five communities agreed to an ordinance earlier this year that would fund the EMS authority.
Their resources are stretched so thin that response times are increasing and an ambulance may not arrive in a timely manner.
Their resources are stretched so thin response times are increasing and an ambulance may not arrive in a timely manner.
Supporters rallied along the Allegheny River on Tuesday to cheer on a team of paramedics as they completed one final challenge.
Supporters rallied along the Allegheny River to cheer on this team of paramedics as they completed one final challenge. KDKA's Royce Jones has the story.
The audit found Pittsburgh's Bureau of EMS suffered staffing challenges and was a million dollars over budget.
With another day of haze and smoke from Canadian wildfires, first responders are ready for whatever comes.
The cohort is based on the Freedom House Initiative.
