KINGWOOD — Months of work by the Masontown Volunteer Fire Department have resulted in the department obtaining its advanced life-saving certification from the state, meaning medics — not just EMTs — can now run out of the department. Chief Dan Luzier gave the good news at the ...
The lack of emergency medical services (EMS) — and strain on those remaining — is a national crisis, but we feel it keenly in our area. Between 2019 and 2021, West Virginia lost nearly 30% of its certified EMS providers: approximately 1,643 emergency medical technicians and 258 ...
MORGANTOWN – Forest Weyen, executive director of Monongalia County EMS, gave legislators a look at the plight of EMS systems locally and across the state. “It's become a crisis around the state,” he told members of the Joint Committee on Volunteer Fire Departments and Emergency ...
BY DAVE WILSON West Virginia lawmakers are working on a plan they hope can provide some long-term stability for emergency medical services agencies struggling to keep their operations running. According to Delegate Joe Statler, R-Monongalia, Gov. Jim Justice allocated $10 million in ...
MORGANTOWN -- Joe Statler, R-Monongalia, chairs the West Virginia House of Delegates Committee on Fire Departments and Emergency Medical Services. He believes it’s time to sound the alarm on a looming statewide emergency regarding EMS services. Low wages, high stress and the ...
KINGWOOD -- The Preston County Commission unanimously voted to reimburse the county’s EMS services the cost of workers compensation in 2020 using CARES funding. In total, $70,036 will be distributed to Union, Terra Alta, KAMP and Bruceton Mills ambulance services after proof is received ...