{"id":115980,"date":"2026-02-17T11:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115980\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T11:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T11:59:12","slug":"freedom-house-ems-program-in-pittsburgh-graduates-new-class-celebrates-5-years-since-revival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/115980\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom House EMS program in Pittsburgh graduates new class, celebrates 5 years since revival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-094536-e1771264016732-300x169.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-765382\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Freedom House Academy in Pittsburgh celebrated a new class of EMS graduates on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The program is named after the original Freedom House Ambulance Service in the Hill District, the first modern ambulance service that was staffed entirely by Black men and women.<\/p>\n<p>The program is now celebrating its fifth year of reviving the original model.<\/p>\n<p>A few alumni came back for Friday\u2019s ceremony. One of them, Oliver Robinson, told Channel 11 that the program changed his life as he continues his education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I didn\u2019t have Freedom House to start me off, the foundation to start me off, I don\u2019t think I would be at the position I am right now, even wanting to continue pursuing being an EMT, but I\u2019m confident now,\u201d said Robinson, who graduated in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>WPXI-TV NBC 11 Pittsburgh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Freedom House Academy in Pittsburgh celebrated a new class of EMS graduates on Friday. The program is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115981,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[8338,28,73,75,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-115980","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh","8":"tag-mid-atlantic-region","9":"tag-pennsylvania","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-headlines","12":"tag-pittsburgh-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115980"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115980\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}