CAVE JUNCTION, Ore.- A car accident in Cave Junction turns a car onto its side and sends two people to the hospital. According to the Illinois Valley Fire District, the accident occurred on Redwood Highway around 7:00 p.m. When units ...
MEDFORD, Ore — Mercy Flights and Applegate Valley Fire District are teaming up on a new apprenticeship program to train the next generation of first responders. The Southern Oregon EMS Apprenticeship Program, or SOEMSAP, aims to develop and diversify the ...
PHOENIX, Ore. – The Phoenix-Talent School District is announcing a new pilot program that offers college credits to high school students toward an EMS career. The project, set to launch this fall, is being developed through a partnership between Phoenix ...
GLIDE, Ore. – A man is dead after being shot during what police say was a neighborhood dispute Tuesday night. According to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, dispatch received the call around 10:30 p.m. to which the caller said a ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- First responders are getting recognized after saving a man’s life at Jackson County Circuit Court. According to the Medford Fire Department, firefighters along with Mercy Flights crews, Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon, and circuit court staff recognized for ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A new single role emergency medical services team is joining Ashland Fire and Rescue. The emergency medical services, or EMS team, is designed to respond to the medical calls that the firefighters don’t. The EMS team will ...
MEDFORD, Ore.– Medford Fire announced its first EMS captain as part of its EMS squads program. The program is designed to decrease response times and keep more fire engines available, especially during fire season. Medford Fire is hiring an EMT ...
MEDFORD, Ore. – A local air and ground ambulance service will use new grant money to start an emergency medical services apprenticeship program in Southern Oregon. Mercy Flights announced this week that it was given $267,813 in the first round ...
MEDFORD,Ore.– Mercy Flights and the Medford Fire Department are working on a tiered EMS program designed for more efficient responses. The program frees up fire engines for higher priority calls. Medford Fire Chief Eric Thompson said, “when the cardiac arrest, ...
MEDFORD, Ore – What used to be an empty conference room has turned into a learning lab for EMS students. Rogue Community College’s Table Rock Campus in White City opened a brand new emergency medical services learning center this week. RCC ...