By Scott M. Bruner EMS1 Product EditorLightbars and siren systems usually take hours to install and configure, and can cause multiple headaches trying to integrate them. Federal ...
By Melody Asper The Evening SunMCSHERRYSTOWN, Pa. — McSherrystown Borough's newly placed disaster warning siren should soon be operational.At Wednesday night's borough ...
By EMS1 StaffTULSA, Okla. — New siren technology has reduced the number of ambulance crashes at an EMS agency by 50 percent.Oklahoma's Emergency Medical Services Authority ...
By Greg FrieseIn most places, sirens are a requirement for emergent operations. Sirens warn oncoming traffic, cars traveling in the same direction, and vehicles waiting to proceed ...
A local district attorney deems it inappropriate to pursue further legal action on the emergency workers ...
A report from the Highway Patrol indicates that the perceived obscene gesture sparked the scuffle ...
CBC NewsCALGARY, Canada — Calgary drivers aren't paying enough attention, emergency officials say after a crash between a car and an ambulance that had its emergency signals ...
By Justin Juozapavicius The Associated PressTULSA, Okla. — You're in the car and you've got the radio cranked up insanely loud. Chances are, you're not going to hear that ...
By Ruby Gonzales Whittier Daily News WHITTIER, Calif. — When a firetruck or police car appears with lights flashing and sirens blaring, a driver is supposed to pull over to ...
By Dan Packard Amarillo Globe-NewsAMARILLO, Texas — Two crew members of an Amarillo Medical Services ambulance making an emergency run were taken to Northwest Texas Hospital ...
By Wendy Byerly Wood The Mount Airy NewsWINSTON-SALEM, N.C. —Two teenagers remained hospitalized Tuesday after being hit by a Surry County ambulance when they apparently rode ...
Fifteen firefighters were killed in 2006 alone responding to and returning from the scene and countless others were injured. Volunteers have gained a bad rep for responding, both ...
When I was asked to write an article that would address this year's Safety, Health and Survival Week, I was initially struck with writer's block. Unfortunately within a few short ...
Administrator, who used flashing lights, says he wasn't aware of transport ...
Once you are on the scene, you need to stay safe while operating on a highway or roadway, whether it be a six-lane interstate or a suburban street. Regardless of the location of ...
The Associated PressMUNCIE, Ind. — An ambulance carrying a woman to the hospital collided with another vehicle after going the wrong way on a one-way street for about two ...
By Dana Wilson The Columbus Dispatch Copyright 2008 The Columbus DispatchDELAWARE, Ohio — George Haggard was waiting for his wife to arrive home so they could go out to ...
WNBC-TV Copyright 2008 NBC Universal, Inc.NEW YORK — A 15-year-old girl was in serious condition Monday after being hit by an ambulance in the Midwood section of Brooklyn.She ...
WOOD-TV Copyright 2008 WorldNow and WOODTV GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — An ambulance merging onto US-131 set off a chain-reaction accident. One of the vehicles involved went over a ...
KETV Copyright 2008 KETVOMAHA, Neb. — Metro area paramedics rushed to the scene of an accident to help one of their own Sunday morning.Officers at the scene said an ambulance ...
