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This directory offers a curated selection of articles on Ambulance Safety, focusing on best practices for EMS professionals. Topics include safe driving techniques, equipment securing, and protocols to minimize risks during transport. Prioritizing Ambulance Safety is essential for protecting both patients and EMS personnel. Additionally, explore our resources on emergency vehicle operations, which are closely related to maintaining safety standards in the field. Use this directory to stay informed and ensure that your ambulance operations adhere to the highest safety standards.

Not all safety improvements have to cost a fortune – some can be entirely free and can bring an immediate return on investment
Let people know how to stay safe in the sun and heat, in the water and on the road
AAA, IAFC, IAFF and NAEMT write to Secretary Pete Buttigieg to restore production levels
Two Cleburne firefighters were taken to the hospital for evaluation with non-life-threatening injuries
Two other crewmembers were evaluated after the incident involving a Madison Township Fire Department ambulance
The $32 million 40-acre San Diego-area facility includes a track where fire, police and EMS personnel can practice driving emergency vehicles
A Holden Fire Department ambulance was en route to a local hospital when it crashed
Three people were transported to area hospitals, according to officials at the scene
The Trinity EMS vehicle was operating with lights and siren through a green light intersection
Riverside Fire District Chief Rob Bowen was tending to a patient in the back of the rig when the incident occurred
While world leaders debate and approve actions to reduce methane emissions and protect forests, public safety is already putting no-emission electric vehicles into service
Canadian researchers studied the impact of a single night without sleep, as well as chronic poor sleep quality
Two Colo. firefighter-paramedics in the rig were unhurt, but police say the incident could have been much worse
Wausau police are investigating whether the ambulance collision caused the fatality or if it stemmed from the incident that necessitated the initial transport
No one was injured when the ambulance crashed into the copter in Maine, and the patient was safely transported
The LifeFlight helicopter was on the ground, shut down, when an East Machias ambulance struck a main rotor blade
Four-month-old Israel Barrera suffered life-threatening injuries after the Nissan Altima he was riding in collided with an ambulance
The driver fled the scene after rear-ending a Sun Prairie ambulance during a patient transport
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified more than 190,000 ED visits due to micromobility products in the past four years
A police aircraft tracked the ambulance as it drove through Sacramento
A Houston Fire Department ambulance crew was involved in a three-vehicle crash while transporting a patient
A Medic One ambulance crashed after going off road while transporting a patient and two paramedics on board
A vehicle hit two fire trucks and then a lieutenant with Palm Harbor Fire Rescue Squad 65 who was on foot
An 8-year-old girl riding a battery-powered dirt bike ran a stop sign in her neighborhood and crashed into an ambulance on its way to a call
Virginia’s Office of EMS adopted CalAmp cloud-based telematic software to reduce the amount of manual reporting that field staff had to contend with, officials said
An Eagle Pass Fire Department FF-EMT was killed, and an EMT sitting in the passenger seat of the rig was flown to a local hospital with serious injuries
Two EMTs were transported for non-life-threatening injuries after a seven-vehicle crash in Camby left a woman dead and six people hospitalized, including two children
EMT Amy Taylor began treating an injured passenger of the vehicle despite sustaining a facial and hip injury herself in the crash, police said
A 38-year-old man is in critical condition after his motorcycle crashed into a car and then slid into an ambulance Thursday night
Bryan Bledsoe: “EMS must be fixed with bulldozers not tweezers”
State troopers said an “EMS truck” collided with another vehicle, killing the driver of the vehicle and a passenger
Initial reports indicate paramedics were headed to a call when a black Honda hit them at an intersection
Baltimore police said the driver of the vehicle was dodging a refrigerator in the middle of the road when the incident occurred