Emergency dispatchers are bracing for the Fourth of July holiday, often the busiest time of the year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sacramento Fire Department personnel from Station 30 load a patient into an ambulance in 2009 in North Natomas. A city audit found ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Sacramento audit found the city's emergency medical response system is struggling under growing demand, with non-emergency calls ...

Sacramento Metro Fire anticipates over 1,000 emergency calls on Independence Day ...

(TNS) — Nearly 40% of calls handled by Sacramento’s emergency medical services system were non-emergencies, tying up ambulances and paramedics, delaying urgent medical responses and adding nearly $5 ...

Sacramento Regional Fire dispatchers are the first link in emergency response, answering 911 calls, assessing emergencies, providing life-saving medical instructions and dispatching firefighters, ...

Nearly 40% of calls handled by Sacramento’s emergency medical services system were non-emergencies, tying up ambulances and paramedics, delaying urgent medical responses and adding nearly $5 million ...

Sacramento Fire Department personnel from Station 30 load a patient into an ambulance in 2009 in North Natomas. A city audit found that nearly 40% of emergency medical calls handled by the department ...