Staton House Fire and Rescue Department, Inc.

08/25/2026

08/18/2026

Come out and support your local fire department. September 26th from 11am-3pm. First come, first serve. $12 donation per plate. We can’t wait to see everybody there!

08/18/2026

A Greenville firefighter cooked meals for people in need as hot weather continued to affect the area.

Story: https://www.witn.com/2026/08/18/greenville-firefighter-cooks-meals-people-need/

08/14/2026

For the first time, a paramedic responded to a real 911 emergency by eVTOL aircraft, and in doing so beat an ambulance to the scene by 20 minutes.

Flight-trained Hyde County paramedic Quinn Reece flew a Pivotal aircraft directly to two 911 calls, carrying advanced life support equipment and landing near the patients. On one mission, she arrived approximately 20 minutes before the ground ambulance and began treatment while other crews were still en route.

The live operations followed months of preparation and more than 300 training sorties to develop procedures for integrating eVTOL aircraft into EMS. Hyde County Emergency Medical Services, Code Blue Resources, and Pivotal Aero say the project demonstrates how small, runway-independent aircraft could shorten the critical time between a 911 call and advanced medical care in large, rural areas such as Hyde County, which encompasses nearly 1,500 square miles in North Carolina.

08/09/2026

Our condolences

08/02/2026

Andrew J. Bouland, MD, FACEP, FAEMS

A native of Baltimore, MD, Dr. Bouland grew up in its suburbs. He began his EMS career in 2007 as a volunteer EMT and firefighter and has maintained involvement in EMS ever since. He completed his undergraduate education at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA and completed his medical education at University of Maryland, Baltimore. He completed his emergency medicine residency in Roanoke, VA at Virginia Tech Carilion and EMS fellowship at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Bouland joined the faculty at ECU in 2020 following completion of EMS fellowship.

As faculty, Dr. Bouland serves as Program Director of the EMS fellowship, a role he took on in July 2026 after having previously served as Assistant Program Director. He also serves as Medical Director for Wilson County EMS, Associate Medical Director for Pitt County EMS, and Medical Director for the EMS programs at Wilson Community College and Lenoir Community College. His interests include management of pseudo-PEA in cardiac arrest, Sudden Ambulance Death Syndrome, prehospital blood transfusion programs, and Emergency Medical Dispatch. Among his professional accomplishments, he is particularly proud of the implementation of a prehospital blood transfusion program for Wilson County EMS, and he looks forward to continuing to push the limits of prehospital resuscitation to improve survival of the most critical patients that EMS clinicians encounter. In his spare time, Dr. Bouland enjoys travel and spending time with his family.

07/30/2026

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