An emergency medical service (EMS) group issued a warning about a U.S.-wide shortage of workers that could imperil the 911 system in some places. “This has been a problem that has that been developing over several years because of chronic underfunding shortfalls from Congress for ambulance services, but certainly during the pandemic things have hit a crisis level,” American Ambulance Association President Shawn Baird told Fox News earlier this week. In recent months, “We’ve seen a tremendous amount of workforce attrition and schools had shut down paramedic training institutions and stopped graduating new students for the last year so we’re suddenly in a severe shortfall,” Baird continued to say. His organization sent a letter to the House and Senate leadership saying the EMS system is facing a “facing a crippling workforce shortage,” noting it is a “long-term problem that has been building for more than a decade.” Going a step …