The media just discovered it ...but i have been talking about for years, and years. EMS response times keep rising because one mayor after another fails to invest in EMS. The problem can only be fixed by proper staffing of EMS, and public education.

[AUS] WA paramedics asked to work triple-time amid record ambulance ramping watoday.com.au/national/weste…

NYC Fleet Availability for Tuesday, October 14, 2025. There are 649 FDNY EMS Ambulances in the fleet. Of that, 487 ambulances are supposed to be in service. There were only 364 ambulances on the road today. FDNY EMS was short 123 ambulances today.

In today’s EMS “dammed if you do, damned if you don’t “ news: chathamdailynews.ca/news/local-new…

Strong work: youtube.com/watch?v=Z09i1I…

40 years…. ems1.com/legal/fla-man-…

911 dispatch software down for 90+ minutes in Australia kyfreepress.com.au/national/tripl…

Does NZ need to contract with private ambulances for assistance during surges? odt.co.nz/regions/south-…

Integrity is a real problem… firerescue1.com/firefighter-tr…

800 graduates for 300 spots in Victoria. abc.net.au/news/2025-10-1…

ems1.com/response-times…

psnews.com.au/specially-trai…

itv.com/news/westcount…

wrexham.com/news/welsh-amb…

ambulance.nsw.gov.au/news/news-item…

peelregion.ca/press-releases…

You can argue about the quality of care, but strapping somebody to the stretcher is kind of fundamental to the concept of transporting them to the hospital. news.wttw.com/2025/10/10/fam…

NYC Fleet Availability for Tuesday, December 23, 2025. There are 651 FDNY EMS Ambulances in the fleet. Of that, 488 ambulances are supposed to be in service. There are only 324 ambulances on the road today. FDNY EMS is short 164 ambulances today. Yes. 164 ambulances.

...meanwhile at FDNY EMS.

I’m going to post this every few months because it seems people have some misconceptions about the history of medics in the US. This book was written by the father of EMS, James O. Page and published in 1979, so it is probably the definitive source: archive.org/details/parame…