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[01] Wash. fire chief warns city must find long-term funding for EMS
Ephrata Chief Jeremy Burns told the city council that EMS needs a
sustainable funding source beyond the general fund, floating a voter-
approved EMS levy or utility model used in nearby cities
Link: https://www.ems1.com/legislation-funding/wash-fire-chief-warns-
city-must-find-long-term-funding-for-ems
[02] NYC ambulance response times up nearly 4 minutes since 2015, report
finds
Comptroller Mark Levine?s report recommends closing the roughly $51,000
pay gap between FDNY EMTs and firefighters, estimated to cost $300
million annually, as life-threatening emergency response times have
slowed from 9:16 in 2015 to 11:55 today
Link: https://www.ems1.com/response-times/nyc-ambulance-response-times-
up-nearly-4-minutes-since-2015-report-finds
[03] Fired Wash. firefighters appeal ruling over COVID vaccine mandate
lawsuit
Eight former Redmond firefighters are challenging a 2025 district court
ruling that sided with the city?s denial of religious accommodations to
its 2021 vaccine mandate
Link: https://www.ems1.com/legal/fired-wash-firefighters-appeal-ruling-
over-covid-vaccine-mandate-lawsuit
[04] Supreme Court rejects bid to revive 9/11 mastermind?s plea deal
The high court?s ruling leaves in place former Defense Secretary Lloyd
Austin?s 2024 decision to void Khalid Sheikh Mohammed?s plea agreement
sparing him execution
Link: https://www.ems1.com/9-11/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-
revive-9-11-masterminds-plea-deal
[05] The optics are bad: EMS is missing from the table ? again
A recent White House event raises a question that both fire and EMS
leaders should ask about who is being left out
Link: https://www.ems1.com/ems-advocacy/the-optics-are-bad-ems-is-
missing-from-the-table-again
[06] Former Pa. county DA convicted of official oppression for seizing Stop
The Bleed kits from ambulances
A judge found David Russo guilty of official oppression for directing
the seizure of ?Stop The Bleed? kits from county ambulances amid a
personal feud with officials
Link: https://www.ems1.com/legal/former-pa-county-da-convicted-of-
official-oppression-for-seizing-stop-the-bleed-kits-from-ambulances
[07] N.Y. governor signs law quadrupling tax credit for volunteer first
responders
Gov. Kathy Hochul?s new law raises the annual personal income tax
credit from $200 to $800 starting in 2027, as volunteer ranks statewide
hit a 40-year low, falling from 120,000 in 2000 to 80,000 today
Link: https://www.ems1.com/legislation-funding/n-y-governor-signs-law-
quadrupling-tax-credit-for-volunteer-first-responders
[08] The ambulance they never called
Five lessons for EMS from a new heart attack study
Link: https://www.ems1.com/research/the-ambulance-they-never-called
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Wayne, KC2NJV
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