Pittsburgh EMS Assistant Chief Mark Pinchalk announced Friday that two city rescue units are now stocked with Type O blood. Pittsburgh’s Bureau of Emergency Medical Services is writing the script for ...

The union representing Pittsburgh Emergency Medical Services personnel on Monday filed a lawsuit challenging the residency requirement now in place for paramedics and EMTs. City officials have said ...

Chief Investigator Rick Earle learned the city has fired another employee. A division chief has now been let go for allegedly failing to monitor overtime cards. That division chief had been with the ...

PITTSBURGH — “They practice, and practice, and practice… and that practice paid off,” Pittsburgh EMS Chief Amera Gilchrist told Channel 11. Channel 11 got an exclusive at the practice EMS Chief Amera ...

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is nominating Amera Gilchrist to be the city’s next EMS chief. Pending approval from City Council, Gilchrist would become the first Black woman to serve in the role. “I may ...

Councilmember Anthony Coghill, chair of public safety for Pittsburgh, expressed frustration over the firing of two EMS administrators due to fraudulent time cards, as the city faces financial ...

PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania EMS Provider Foundation ended its 15th annual Memorial Bike Ride in Pittsburgh. The event remembers EMS providers who lost their lives in the line of duty. The ride ...