Ambulance

The moves are the latest step in an ongoing process to establish a fire-based EMS system in the city.

American Medical Response requested the rate increase due to rising costs for EMS providers. The city of Arlington and the company will promote programs to help families pay for the services.

The Fort Worth Fire Department said the explosion at a downtown hotel that left at least 21 injured was likely caused by a gas leak.

A subsidiary of Global Medical Response submitted an incorrect number of Fort Worth layoffs to the Texas Workforce Commission.