Cool Shirt Systems introduced two products at FDIC to keep firefighters from overheating at a working fire. One monitors body temperature while the other cools firefighters. The ...
By Janice L. Habuda Buffalo News BUFFALO, N.Y. — Within the past month, a Town of Tonawanda woman and a Kenmore man were killed in fires.Now the paramedic vehicles serving ...
Pittsburgh Tribune ReviewPITTSBURGH, Pa. — Firefighters battling 1,000-degree fires in 90-degree heat don't just get hot; they can get into serious trouble if they can't cool ...
One of the challenges of the EMS provider in rehab is to quickly do intake and assessment ...
By Charles Gonzalez KSAT 12 SCHERTZ, Texas — Jay Lynch thought that leaving his job as a Dallas police department paramedic for a post as an emergency medical technician in ...
By Michelle Bearden The Tampa TribuneVALRICO, Fla. — In a split second on a sunny summer morning on a Georgia country road, Eddie Jackson got a lesson in thankfulness.He ...
By Mark Puente The Plain Dealer ReporterCLEVELAND — James Taylor has helped save thousands of lives during his 34 years as a Cleveland paramedic.Taylor, 62, is now fighting ...
By Sonia Smith The AdvocateBATON ROUGE, La. — Police arrested an EMS paramedic after she allegedly stole prescription drugs from an undercover narcotics detective posing as a ...
The not-for-profit Volunteer Mobile Emergency Response Unit, based in rural central Texas, provides basic rehab for local departments in hopes of minimizing injury and line-of-duty ...
In a matter of weeks, it will be official: rehab is a requirement. NFPA 1584, "Standard on the Rehabilitation Process for Members During Emergency Operations and Training ...
Example Fire Incident: Working residential structure fire in a large two-story residence, approximately 40x60, with a basement at 2200 hours. Fire begins in the basement and ...
Fire rehabilitation isn't about the fire you're fighting now – it's about the next fire, EMS incident, or rest of the shift. The work exertion can be comparable to a sports event, ...
