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.
From post-9/11 to post-COVID, EMS leaders reflect on systemic cracks — and what must happen now to rebuild a future that works for patients and providers
Community paramedicine demands a mindset shift — from crisis mode to continuity of care. Learn how EMS providers can build trust, treat root causes and redefine what success looks like.
The series offers a window into the experiences of first responders through the use of real stories from real law enforcement officers, firefighters and EMTs
Scottsdale Fire Fighters Association leader says the planned hospital would worsen a shortage of medical professionals
New Haven’s Elm City Compass supports the work of first responders by sending social workers and people with lived experience to 911 calls
3,100 paramedics weigh in on reducing stress, staffing challenges and leadership shortfalls
Portable Solutions Group’s donation will help the Greenup County Ambulance Authority with the purchase of their first ambulance
From house calls to heartfelt care: Inside the evolution of a Texas county’s community paramedicine program
Mobile Integrated Health in Clark County will focus on reducing non-emergency 911 calls and providing resources for the medically-vulnerable population
Odessa firefighter/paramedic Josh White thought the pain he was experiencing was a ruptured appendix
HELP training is a new program offered to houses of worship and religious community groups
EmergyCare’s Camp EMS offers a view into a career in EMS with hands-on training and demonstrations
Fire Chief John Alston told the AMR graduates, “You are joining a noble profession,” and said that firefighters “work hand-to-hand with AMR”
Monadnock’s Mobile Integrated Healthcare program started in response to the pandemic and is the busiest in the state
Knowing how xylazine presents clinically, as well as how it impacts overdose management is important for any provider responding to illicit drug overdoses
31 residents died in the Christmas 2022 storm that dumped over 50-inches of snow with hurricane-force winds
“Every recoverable victim was saved,” Allen Fire Chief Jonathan Boyd said, highlighting the work by EMS crews
EMTs, paramedics and firefighters have a responsibility to identify fall hazards and share prevention tips with patients and at the public events we host
Calif. voters want behavioral health professionals to respond to non-life-threatening 911 calls
Nick Theofilis served the Rosedale Beach Club as a lifeguard and member of the swim team for several summers
Gordon Graham recommends responders be vigilant and on the lookout for kids left in hot vehicles during warmer months
We can apply the 5 Es of CRR to distracted driving to better protect our first responders operating on roadways
Kern County EMS to hold a job fair and resume 911 ad campaign to increase staffing and reduce response time
Industry leaders weigh in on celebrating EMS Week amidst the forces shaping the EMS landscape
Miguel Nieblas Ontiveros was immediately terminated after his arrest for allegedly assaulting a patient en route to a hospital
NYC celebrates the life-saving efforts of paramedics and EMTs
Because of EMS, emergency care begins closer to the point of illness or injury than ever before
“We have a duty to care for those who care for us,” President Joe Biden said
On Day 2 of EMS Week, we are talking education – both for providers and community members
Four years ago at Chabad of Poway a gunman opened fire during a Passover service, killing one of the congregants and wounding three others
Paramedic says co-response program “is allowing us to become more human with one another”
Over 2,200 unhoused people died in 2021, a sharper increase than in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic
