Community Awareness
Explore our directory of articles on Community Awareness in EMS, designed to help professionals engage and educate the public about emergency services and safety practices. This collection covers public outreach, safety campaigns, and partnerships with community organizations. Building community awareness is essential for fostering trust and cooperation between EMS providers and their communities. For related insights, check out our resources on Community. Enhance your community engagement strategies with expert-driven content.
Join Mike Taigman, Chris Carlson and Daniel Brown to explore how data-driven decisions, BLS units, telehealth and nurse advice lines can reshape emergency services — without risking lives
A guide to securing grants, building partnerships and sustaining MIH-CP programs
In this video, risk management expert Gordon Graham discusses the vital role telecommunicators play in maximizing public safety in their community
For those with a related diagnosis, they may struggle with emergency sights and sounds or being touched, which can trigger anxiety and lead to outbursts that look like noncompliance
Reunions, acts of kindness and first responder surprises to bring a smile to your face
Billings, Mont., Firefighter Ryan Benton says he’s one of many on his crew who would have done the same
Hear from live liver donor Will Lindbergh, whose selfless act inspired a charity to encourage first responders to participate in organ donation
Data, even when it’s inaccurate or represented out of context, can confirm our biases. Answer five questions about how your agency’s data is being shared and interpreted
Trailer: An upcoming action-thriller features bank robbers who hijack a paramedic’s ambulance
Calls involving celebrities, chemical restraint, protests and mass shootings are just some of the scenarios that will put you in the public eye
Want a free doughnut or a bowl of spaghetti? Here are retailers saying thanks to EMS providers, firefighters and police officers
The Iowa City Fire Department launched the Navigator Assistance Program last month to connect residents in need to Steve Nachazel, the county’s first social services navigator
Emerson Ambulance Service’s remanufactured ambulance #5 dedicated to boy who would regularly visit station to see the old rig
The Crisis Outreach Response and Engagement program will send a separate team of EMTs and community health workers to nonviolent homeless-related 911 calls
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission identified more than 190,000 ED visits due to micromobility products in the past four years
Learn how this tool has the potential to positively impact prehospital stroke care
Two children from Alaska were injured while setting fire to a mirror with rubbing alcohol
Michelle Khare documented her experience with South Metro Fire Rescue in a video that reached 1 million views in just over a week
Joseph (Joey) Zask was found unresponsive while working for Stony Point Ambulance Corps, where he also volunteered
Firefighter-Paramedic Sarah Roe, a 20-year veteran of the Amherst Fire Department, is searching for the perfect organ donor
Shawn Lamm was forced to retire from Mulvane EMS after 22 years due to his chronic condition, and is now hoping someone will come forward as a match
Register AEDs through the PulsePoint AED app and you could win a $500 Amazon gift card or $5,000 of AEDs for your community
Part of the president’s plan includes requiring vaccines for healthcare workers at places where Medicare and Medicaid payments are accepted
“Sweets from St. Mark’s” packages include snacks and inspirational messages penned by congregation members
Orange County Fire Authority Firefighter-Paramedic Joe Park finished cooking breakfast for the woman after assisting, including “eggs made to order”
‘My job was to try as best I could to explain what was going on and put it in perspective’
The Healthy Streets Operations Center team includes members of EMS-6, plus clinical social workers from the city’s Department of Public Health
Three paramedics with the Orange County Fire Authority stayed to finish the yard work left unfinished after a 93-year-old homeowner collapsed
EMT Cassandra Moreno, 20, was shot in the arm and chest during the attack that killed her partner, EMT Jacob Dindinger
HBO host uses biting humor to explain “wildly different” EMS systems, surprise billing and poor pay for EMS providers
How to hone tactical athletic prowess, develop specialized skills, embrace teamwork and shine in the spotlight
The impact COVID-19 had, and didn’t have, the changes we’re embracing and the change providers want to see
The dedicated ambulance will make stops along the way for EMS professionals to pay respect to lost colleagues