First Responders

Armed paramedics would be able to accompany law-enforcement officers during “high-risk” operations, under a proposal that started moving forward Monday...

Special mental health training could soon be available to first responders of the Pulse nightclub shooting.

Florida’s Chief Financial Officer and State Fire Marshal has rolled out new training materials for employers of the state’s first responders. It’s to...

A new law will takes effect next month that expands workers’ compensation benefits for firefighters, paramedics, EMTs, law enforcements officers and...

Legislation to expand workers’ compensation benefits to include post-traumatic stress disorder for firefighters, paramedics, EMTs and other first…

Since the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, nearly 10,000 first responders and others who were near the World Trade Center following the attack…

Fentanyl and carfentanil can kill first responders if they come in contact with them while responding to a drug overdose.

Oral arguments have been scheduled for late August in a Florida Supreme Court case challenging Gov. Rick Scott’s vetoes of pay raises for firefighters...

Florida voters will decide whether the state Constitution should mandate death benefits be paid when law enforcement officers, correctional officers,...

Governor Rick Scott signed into law Tuesday a bill that expands workers’ compensation for first responders.