A unit of Baltimore City’s Fire Department, IAFF Local 734, is speaking out against the department’s recent move to downgrade ...

Like a scorekeeper for the world, a tiny unit within the Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks globalization's winners and losers, and the results are not always pretty for the United States.

The Firefighters' union is raising concerns as the city plans to downgrade four medic units at the start of July.

EMT Patrick Carr, a member of St. Paul's Basic Life Support unit (credit: CBS) ... The Basic Life Support, or BLS, just hit the road on Monday. They've already answered 32 calls.

Thursday, Mark Corum from Hall Ambulance said a basic life support (BLS) unit is staffed by two emergency medical technicians who cannot intubate or inject medication, whereas as an advanced life ...

"The ALS unit is not permitted to transport patients and the transportation must be provided by the BLS unit." He said one BLS and one ALS unit would be dispatched to serious medical emergencies.

Beginning next month, changes are coming to the Baltimore Fire Department's emergency response. In July, the department will ...

We’re trying to provide care, and the BLS unit is expected to transport the patient. You may or may not be aware that as a paramedic, I cannot transfer care to somebody with lesser training.

The blast prompted an immediate emergency response. A total of eleven fire tenders were dispatched to control the fire and ...

According to the BLS, unit labor costs in the nonfarm business sector increased 10.8% in the second quarter of 2022 (the highest in 40 years). This 10.8% increase masks two concerning statistics.

On a cold January morning, we were dispatched for a report of an unconscious male, not breathing, with CPR in progress. My crew of three, including myself, arrived on location alongside the BLS ...

Under the updated system, if no BLS unit is available to respond to a call, and ALS unit will be sent. The county is also hiring more EMTs to staff BLS units. Related Articles.