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Baltimore’s EMS staffing problems highlighted after notice of highest-earning paramedic
A Baltimore City Fire Department paramedic earned $358,586 last year—mostly from overtime—underscoring severe understaffing that fuels employee burnout, long EMS wait times, and city budget concern ...
Carroll County Department of Fire and EMS is fully staffed with 204 personnel
All 13 stations are staffed 24/7 with a total of 204 career personnel. This includes emergency medical technicians, ...
‘When we fail, people die’: Some Baltimore leaders say understaffing, overtime needs to change
Baltimore city’s highest-paid employee in the last fiscal year was a Baltimore City Fire Department paramedic, who earned $358,586 — 68% of which came from overtime. Such high overtime pay among first ...
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Creating its new Fire and EMS Department will cost Carroll County $20 million per year
Carroll County’s transition away from an all-volunteer fire and emergency services force to the Department of Fire ... physicals for firefighters and EMS workers, a county briefing paper states.
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Victims Remembered on Anniversary of Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
On the first anniversary of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland fire and rescue personnel joined others to ...
Baltimore officials talk fire department, emergency troubles; approve another affordable housing tax break
At the Baltimore Board of Estimates’ bimonthly meeting Wednesday morning, officials shed light on some financial and ...