09/01/2026
We want to take a moment to say Thank You.
The outpouring of support, messages, phone calls, and concern for our Hamburg EMS providers following this incident has been overwhelming, and we are incredibly grateful to be part of a community that stands behind its first responders.
We also hope this incident brings awareness to something that EMS providers across the country face every day.
When an ambulance is called, our EMTs and Paramedics respond because someone needs help. We enter homes, vehicles, businesses, highways, and unpredictable situations—often with very little information about what we are walking into. Our providers are there to care for people, but unfortunately, there are times when the people who came to help become the ones in danger.
Violence against EMS providers is not simply “part of the job.”
Our providers should be able to come to work, care for their community, and return home safely to their families at the end of their shift.
Behind the uniform are mothers and fathers, husbands and wives, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors. These incidents don't simply end when the call is cleared. The physical and emotional effects can follow first responders long after the ambulance doors close.
We are extremely proud of our Hamburg EMS team and the professionalism, compassion, and dedication they continue to demonstrate—even during some of the most difficult circumstances.
We are also incredibly thankful for our law enforcement partners, fellow first responders, dispatchers, healthcare professionals, and everyone who works beside us to protect both our patients and our crews.
Most of all, thank you to our community for having our backs.
Please continue to support your local EMS providers, check on the first responders in your life, and remember that the people answering your call for help are people, too.
We will continue to show up for our community.
Thank you for showing up for us.
After two Hamburg EMS providers were attacked while transporting a patient, another first responder shares his own frightening experience.