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“Full-scale catastrophe”: Pennsylvania emergency services implore state for urgent help

Without state-level fixes, police, fire and EMS experts say fewer Pennsylvanians will get help when they need it.
By Sam Dunklau

‘A horrible challenge’: York Regional EMS chief worried about supply of N95 masks

“Nobody knew of this until a couple of months ago. ... By then, it was already too late to try and prepare."
By Keira McGuire/WITF

Coronavirus will accelerate EMS crisis in Pa.’s small towns and rural areas, experts say

“I can’t even see the enemy on this one to worry about my people. I worry about it constantly.”
By Wallace McKelvey/PennLive

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A day in the life of an EMS provider battling the coronavirus

“That's always in the back of your head, that at some point you're going to get sick.”
By Keira McGuire/WITF