REPORTS ON WHY IT’S NEEDED. THIS ONE IS DESIGNED TO STOP HANDGUN BULLETS. PARAMEDICS AND EMTS WITH CUMBERLAND GOODWILL EMS ARE NOW OUTFITTED WITH BULLET PROOF VESTS. WE GO TO PLACES WHERE SOMEONE HAS ...

An EMT's protective vest saved him from an injury after he was stabbed by a mentally ill man, published reports say. Anthony Thomas Agathangelon, who was living at Salisbury House, a behavioral health ...

Cleveland EMS official discusses bulletproof vest policy Cleveland EMS Commissioner Nicole Carlton decided to enact a policy last month requiring every paramedic to wear a bulletproof vest at all ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Northwest EMS workers in McKees Rocks will soon be outfitted with a new line of protection when responding to calls. One hundred and twenty ballistic vests arrived last week for ...

Spending $100,000 to provide protective vests for Baltimore City emergency medical service employees is a waste of money (“Baltimore fire union calls for protective vests for medics, citing uptick in ...

It was the knife attack on a EMT in Harrisburg that convinced Jason Campbell, chief of Dauphin County's SouthCentral EMS, that his people needed bulletproof vests. For Yellow Breeches EMS Chief Robert ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) – The job of first responders has never been an easy one, but now more than ever EMS personnel respond to dangerous situations, Some even added bulletproof vests to their uniforms.

Whenever there's an emergency, EMT's are there, and many times they're called into situations where they, too, are in danger. But unlike law enforcement, they don't have the tools to protect ...

YOU CAN GET VIDEO UPDATES FROM OUR WEATHER TEAM, CHECK THE HOUR-BY-HOUR TEMPERATURE, AND GET ALERTS WHEN WATCHES OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. NEW TONIGHT FORSYTH COUNTY EMS WORKERS HAVE A NEW WAYO T ...

It’s their job to help the community, and now, Northwest EMS Personnel in Elizabethtown are asking for our help in return. “In the last year we’ve had three employees that have been injured and taken ...

Ryan Runkel, a paramedic supervisor at Northwest EMS, recently bought a bulletproof vest for work. “Incidents of violence against EMS providers are on the rise,” he said. Runkel purchased the vest ...