CHICAGO (WLS) -- A veteran Chicago paramedic is taking on the Chicago Fire Department over how he wears his bullet proof vest. Pat Fitzmaurice currently wears the vest he bought with his own money ...

Ty Anderson, a paramedic with North Colorado Medical Center, saw trends that worried him. Around the world, it seemed, emergency medical services personnel were being targeted alongside law ...

CHOCOWINITY, N.C. (WNCT) – A new national campaign to provide protective vest for all first responders has begun in the East. DSM Dyneema in Greenville launched the campaign Monday with a focus group ...

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 ...

CARLISLE, Pa. — It’s a literal and figurative extra layer of security. "It's unfortunate that you have to account for that now in society but we're doing it," said Nathan Harig, assistant chief of ...

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 ...

Sun Prairie paramedics will soon feel a lot safer on the job, after they received a $1,500 grant from the state to purchase bulletproof vests. “We are kind of approaching a new era in EMS,” Kep ...

The stubborn Chicago Fire Department brass finally cracked under pressure Friday and dropped their opposition to paramedics wearing bulletproof vests over their uniform shirts. I’m told that Mayor ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. — Thirty bulletproof ...

This afternoon, the Dallas fire chief said the wounded paramedic was not wearing body armor and he didn’t have a vest with him in his vehicle. Last summer, NBC 5 Investigates reported the Dallas Fire ...