‘9-1-1. What is your emergency?’
In 2024, 68% of Homewood Fire Department’s calls were for medical emergencies. In 2024, it was 64.5% in Flossmoor. Riding in those ambulances are firefighter/paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs).
Training for those emergency specialists is being handled by Prairies State College, taking a lead role in conjunction with UChicago Medicine/Ingalls Hospital. PSC is providing certified classes that can help the future EMTs and paramedics pass the national exams necessary…
