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Four people have been taken to the hospital. View the full article

An external GPS modem installed in each vehicle will have more-reliable AT&T air cards. View the full article

This comes in the wake of a deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated injections. View the full article

A union contract prevents firefighters from performing rescues, city officials said. View the full article

No charges filed in Roxbury crash. View the full article

Why did he die when several others in the contest ate the same bugs without incident? This frame grab made from video on Friday, Oct. 5, 2012, and provided by Sarah Bernard shows Edward Archbold competing in a roach-eating contest at Ben Siegel Reptile Store in Deerfield Beach, Fla. Archbold, 32, winner of the contest, died shortly after downing dozens of the live bugs as well as worms, authorities said Monday, Oct. 8. Authorities were waiting for results of an autopsy to determine a cause of death. (AP Photo/Courtesy Sarah Bernard) View the full article

Their hope? The city will solve the problem of severe understaffing. View the full article

Andrew Knight broke his hip when he came off his bike on a roundabout after an oil spill. View the full article

He was shepherding his grown children out of the hotel when he collapsed in the parking lot. View the full article

Waterborne parasite enters through nostrils and travels to the brain. View the full article

Cary’s back injections may have come from same tainted batch. This undated family photo provided by George Cary shows Lilian Cary of Howell, Mich. Friends and family gathered Monday, Oct. 8, 2012, for a wake for 67-year-old Cary who died in September, weeks after being treated with contaminated steroids for back pain. (AP Photo/Family Photo, George Cary) View the full article

Police say several contestants ate insects but no one else became ill. View the full article

JEMS Magazine, JEMS.com and FireEMSBlogs join company's fire service stable View the full article

Barry Kirschner received a Medal of Valor for his efforts. View the full article

Information on what might have caused the crash wasn't immediately released. View the full article

Robert Forbuss, 64, passes away. View the full article

Throughout October, the Pink Pumper will attend events to help with awareness efforts and will also still respond on fire and EMS calls. With appearances at Byrd Stadium on Saturday and FedEx Field on Sunday, it is estimated that this PGFD PINK Pumper will be the most photographed piece of fire apparatus in the country. (MARK BRADY, PGFD PIO) View the full article

After testing the venom on mice, experts observed that the effects were as strong as morphine but devoid of side-effects. View the full article

The city of Lawrence will cut 24 EMS jobs. View the full article

The International Association of EMS Chiefs Leadership Summit will be Oct. 26-29 in Washington, D.C. View the full article

He was adrift for 26 hours in a plastic fish bin. View the full article

This comes on the heels of a County Manager report which states top EMS administrators knew about personnel problems. View the full article

A total of 23 people were injured in the crash. Rescue workers stand by after a bus overturned in a ditch at an exit ramp off Route 80 in Wayne, N.J. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The chartered tour bus from Toronto carrying about 60 people overturned on an interstate exit ramp. Three people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) View the full article

Eight passengers reported to be in critical condition. Rescue workers and passengers stand by after a bus overturned in a ditch at an exit ramp off Route 80 in Wayne, N.J. Saturday, Oct. 6, 2012. The chartered tour bus from Toronto carrying about 60 people overturned on an interstate exit ramp. Three people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun) View the full article

"For these search-and-rescue workers," said Melissa Hunt, the associate director of the clinical training program in the School of Arts and Sciences' Department of Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, "we saw rates of severe psychopathology and post-traumatic stress disorder that are well below what has been reported in other first responder groups, especially a number of years out from the attacks." Scott Shields, right, gives his rescue dog "Bear" water from a bottle after coming out the World Trade Center disaster site in this Sept. 13, 2001 file photo. Researchers at University of Pennsylvania have shown search-and-rescue dogs reduce the risk of post traumatic stress disorder in their handlers. (AP Photo/Beth A. Keiser, FILE ) View the full article