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.
A small group is coordinating with the Ukrainian Government to ship ambulances and fire apparatus full of supplies to support Ukrainians, and they need your help
How solving peoples’ problems creates value in community building
I am thankful for the EMTs and paramedics who serve their community and make a difference in the lives of others
‘Don’t call 911 except for truly life-threatening emergencies’ has been advertised on billboards, radio commercials and from a guy in a dinosaur costume; and it’s worked
About 80 percent of the calls are medical, and rebranding the department to reflect that can break down artificial barriers between EMS and fire, a city-hired firm said
The source is unknown, but the family was renting the house, which is listed as “condemned/boarded”
The money from his estate will fund a new ambulance and the police K-9 unit for the next 10 years
Members of the volunteer corps. were forced out when melting snow fell fell from the condemned building fell onto the ambulance garage
He remained calm, knew to call his father, and put a movie on for his two younger sisters until his dad rushed home
Some were unconscious when responders arrived; investigators say the grill was being used for heat
After the dispatcher asked if his wife was unable to breathe, the man replied that she was medically fine but couldn’t get out of her coat.
A mother jumped out of her car on a Fla. highway and called for help; strangers sprang into action, giving him CPR and calling for more assistance
Questions about daylight savings time and a complaint about a roommate stealing beer demonstrate some of the non-emergency calls dispatchers have dealt with
It took them 90 minutes and all the salt and kitty-litter they could find, but they finally got the ambulance up the hill to transport a woman to the hospital
Residents, schools and businesses could pay between $2.70 and $14.39 to cover the cost of ambulance services
Naloxone is effective at reviving heroine overdose victims, but widespread distribution could make it easier for users to push themselves to the edge
A clever holiday-focused media event can turn a story that would normally be ignored into one worth covering
Medical emergencies include food poisoning, injuries related to excessive alcohol and chronic medical conditions — like high blood pressure — aggravated by football-friendly foods
Unknown distributors are selling heroin mixed with the powerful painkiller fentanyl in stamp bags marked with the name Theraflu
The Caribbean cruise was cut short, and those who fell ill responded well to over-the-counter medication being administered onboard
Neighbors say the light slowed people down, and are even angrier now that speed has been determined a factor in a crash that killed off-duty EMT Michael Burke
She’s in a medically induced coma; doctors gave her an experimental drug and may do an ECMO procedure as the community rallies around the 29-year-old
A 9-year-old tried to call 911 from a Texas hotel room where she could hear her mother dying, but didn’t know she had to dial 9 first
More than 300,000 residents in nine counties have been told not to bathe, brush their teeth or wash their clothes
Is your agency taking advantage of this easy, repeatable media opportunity?
Staying on point is key to getting your message across
The record-low temperatures bring heightened fears of frostbite, space heaters and other challenges associated with the cold
