Our EMS professionals show up on the hardest days of other people's lives. They respond to emergencies, support families, make difficult decisions and care for patients in moments when every second matters. They carry what they see, hear and absorb, often long after the call is over. How we take care of the people who spend their careers taking care of everyone else deserves attention all year long.

Extreme weather isn't just changing summer plans. It's changing the demands on EMS providers across Massachusetts. From dangerous heat waves to flash flooding, here's how crews are preparing for a growing number of climate-related emergencies and what it means for the future of emergency response.