EMS Grants News and Articles

• Conn. to receive $22M to fight opioid epidemic

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  The funding package, announced Friday by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, consists of two $11 million grants, to be dispersed over two years

• SAFER grant would allow Ohio city to run 4 ambulances regularly

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  The $1.03M SAFER grant would allow the Canton Fire Department to hire 10 new responders and regularly operate four ambulances

• Fla. county uses $548K FEMA grant to equip ambulances with CPR devices

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  Chest compression machines will be placed on ambulances throughout the county and eliminate the possibility of minor mistakes when a human performs CPR

• Pharma company funding nonprofit's over-the-counter naloxone

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  Purdue Pharma, the embattled maker of OxyContin, announced a $3.42 million grant to support a nonprofit pharmaceutical company's development

• NM fire dept. receives $1M in grants to improve services

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  The grants will pay for nine new firefighter positions, a third emergency squad unit and will help send 12 firefighters through a paramedic training program

• US senator pushes Opioid Crisis Response Act

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  The bill would expand a naloxone grant program, authorize a grant to teach post-overdose treatment and authorize funding for technology to screen for deadly drugs

• $10M grant allocated to improve NY 911 response

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  New York City and 57 counties will receive a share of the grant to improve emergency response operations

• DHS offers $1.8M grant to train high schoolers for MCIs

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  The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for the School-Age Trauma Training grant

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