MedStar

Fitch & Associates will take the lead on examining Fort Worth’s EMS services, after the City Council unanimously approved a $182,500 contract with the public safety consultant.

People in Tarrant County’s jails get sick like everyone else. For the smaller things, they can get care from inside the jail. But when dire emergencies strike, correctional health staff call an ambulance. That’s where the problem starts.

Area municipalities have already passed their 2024 fiscal year budgets. But MedStar, the regional EMS provider, is holding off passing a year-long budget of its own.

If MedStar doesn’t receive funding from the city of Fort Worth next year, it could be forced to sell its north deployment center and cancel travel and education for employees, chief executive officer Ken Simpson told MedStar board members Aug. 23.

Fort Worth's MedStar911 is urging motorcyclists to carry their medical histories inside their helmets after a spike in motorcycle accidents in Texas. It is distributing free Rider Alert Safety Cards that also include emergency contacts.

One Fort Worth-area ambulance service says it has responded to about 100% more cardiac arrests this month than it did in July of 2019.MedStar serves Fort…

The "Slambulance" is dead.The ambulance converted into a party bus — reportedly outfitted with a stripper pole, neon interior lights and a full wet bar —…

Traditionally, ambulance crews arrive with sirens blaring — ready to rush someone to the hospital. In Fort Worth, some paramedics are doing the opposite…