‘When we fail, people die’: Some Baltimore leaders say understaffing, overtime needs to change
There’s an understaffing and overtime crisis in Baltimore. City Council members say that while some improvements have been ...
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Baltimore’s EMS staffing problems highlighted after notice of highest-earning paramedic
A Baltimore City Fire Department paramedic earned $358,586 last year—mostly from overtime—underscoring severe understaffing ...
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Paramedic was Baltimore's Highest Paid Employee Last Year
Baltimore city’s highest-paid employee in the last fiscal year was a Baltimore City Fire Department paramedic, who earned ...
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Victims Remembered on Anniversary of Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse
On the first anniversary of the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland fire and rescue personnel joined others to ...
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South Baltimore gas station catches fire Saturday
No injuries were reported, according to the Baltimore City Fire Department’s public information officer, John Marsh Fire crews responded around 1:20 p.m. and closed the 900 block of East ...
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Baltimore City Fire Dive Team recalls rescue effort after Key Bridge collapse
For the members of the Baltimore City Fire Department Dive Rescue Team, the moment the first calls started coming in, their instincts started to kick in. “I was at home and my pager went off and ...
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Firefighters, divers remember responding to Key Bridge collapse on 1-year anniversary
"So I answered, and the first thing he said to me was, ‘Greg, there’s been a catastrophe," said Greg Wolff with Middle River ...
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Firefighters extinguish 2-alarm blaze at gas station on East Patapsco Avenue
the Baltimore City Fire Department confirmed. On March 22, just after 1:40 p.m., firefighters quickly responded to the 900 block of East Patapsco Avenue for a report of an active fire ...
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Possible illegal occupant activity investigated as cause of massive West Baltimore fire
according to the Baltimore City Fire Department. Fire officials said the block of buildings on North Fulton Avenue was a mixed occupancy of homes, businesses, businesses with apartments above ...
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Red Cross explains how it is helping Baltimore residents displaced by massive rowhome fire
The Baltimore City Fire Department believes the fire started inside a vacant home due to possible illegal occupant activity and spread on a windy early morning. Baltimore City has been plagued by ...