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The story of Freedom House Ambulance is little known to many, but it pioneered the forefront of mobile emergency medical services in the start of the 1960s for public safety professionals. Founded in 1967, Freedom House Ambulance served Pittsburgh citizens in the Hill District and the Northside when national standards for ambulances and paramedics did not exist yet. Read More...

For a business, its name marks the first impression to customers as it connects the consumer to the identity of the business. With KB Plumbing, its name gives a personal touch of simplicity when connecting others to the family-owned business. So what’s the story behind KB plumbing’s name? Read More...

Steamfitters 449 constantly strives for the advancement of success for the future, and that includes its commitment to community career and tech centers teaching our youth. Students from around the region can visit the Technology Center to network with knowledgeable instructors that can train on a variety of equipment and teach techniques related to the industry that includes pipe fabrication, rigging, welding, 3D computerized pipe design, heating & air conditioning, medical gas systems, and more. Read More...

Bridge City Brinery (BCB) is hitting the streets to barrel towards breweries, wineries, neighborhoods, and farmer’s markets galore as not your typical, “Run-Of-The-Dill-Pickle.” Savory, sweet and spicy, two chefs and co-owners of Bridge City Brinery, Mark Mammone and Joe Bardakos, are serving up a pickle-packed food truck with an expanding, new menu and other food offerings through their custom-built food truck. Read More...

Innovation from the North Side is heading straight to the Moon, thanks to Astrobotic. Pittsburgh-based aerospace company, Astrobotic, is changing the lunar game in its mission to make space accessible to the world. The company’s lunar lander, Peregrine, will be delivering payloads, or cargo, to the Moon on behalf of companies, governments, universities, non-profits, and individuals. Read More...

The EMS industry is a small town in a globalized world of connectivity. Professionals in the industry are bound to cross paths at some point in their careers, whether from catastrophic forces of nature, such as The Johnstown Flood, or through innovative training and research at the Center for Emergency Medicine in Pittsburgh. Many build each other up for success with ingenuity and technological advancement during their colorful journey through the medical and EMS realm. Kevin L. Parrish, now a Lead Clinical Research Associate at Sanofi Pharmaceutical, portrays a vibrant past that started in Indiana, PA. Additionally, as a little-known fact, a lot of history that has paved way to the advancement of medical services started out in Southwestern Pennsylvania ranging from leaders to medical technologies. Read More...

Women-led directors in EMS are few and far between in the public safety industry. For Nora Helfrich, RN, EMT-P, recently retired EMS director for Tri-Community South EMS, she worked her way up to become a leader in her organization, the state of Pennsylvania, and beyond. Read More...

Pittsburgh’s Labor Day Parade is one of the largest and oldest in America, according to the Allegheny-Fayette Central Labor Council. Pittsburgh prides itself on its unique footprint that has helped pave the way in workers’ rights and the Labor Movement throughout the years, and its Labor Day Parade still walks on with its vibrant history and other activities to check out for this year. Read More...

Steamfitters HVAC Training Director Brad Tisdale says, “There are high stakes in the competition but the regional networking and experience our apprentices gain becomes an invaluable asset in their education. Pittsburgh is a winning city, and we intend to give it our all.” Read More...

James “Jim” Houser, along with his expansive team of amazing critical care providers, puts the “care” in critical care air ambulance service at STAT Medevac. STAT MedEvac is a critical care transport system and is the clinical arm of the Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania (CEM). It has evolved into one of the largest single-operated and dispatched air-medical transport systems in the United States with its operation of eighteen helicopter base sites and critical care ground base in Pennsylvania and surrounding states. Read More...

Sprezzatura is a café and catering kitchen offering delicious Italian-inspired, heritage cooking and authentic hospitality that includes signature favorites and seasonal savors to enjoy. Spearheaded as a woman-owned business, the menu features handmade, fresh craving curations that are locally sourced and organically produced as much as possible. Read More...

Emergency workers witness unimaginable circumstances that push the boundaries of personal care and mental health. Tragedies happen and sometimes the point of no return in stability vanishes beyond the continued, grueling work emergency professionals face on a day-to-day basis. Fortunately, Daniel Sundahl, who is a paramedic, firefighter, artist and public speaker, creates a community of support for those who feel anger, shame, fear and more in the lingering past or uncertainty for the future of the harsh realities in the public safety sector.  Read more...