Disaster Management
The impact of Helene highlights the importance of preparedness, ICS training and rapid mobilization for future storms
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Organizations stuck using yesterday’s demand analysis deployment strategies are getting left behind
AMR said it deployed 62 times in the last five years in support of the government agency
The Emergency Management Performance Grant helps governments make key investments so that they can better respond to disasters
The parents reportedly crawled out of the structure screaming for help for their daughter, who was still inside the home on a breathing machine
The Weather Channel released footage of a tornado that appeared to touch down in a New Orleans suburb and would later cross the Mississippi River
The SXSW effort includes stationing 20 EMS providers downtown, a patient collection point and keeping ambulances available
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The Florida-based rescue nonprofit Project DYNAMO successfully evacuated the twin boys, as well as a British baby girl, to Poland from war-torn Kyiv
A Washington County Sheriff’s deputy was able to reach the patient and transport them to the hospital
Multiple agencies responded to the wreck and uninjured drivers were taken to the Pendleton Convention Center
The St. Charles County Ambulance District was prepared for this week’s winter weather with two new plows on standby
Pittsburgh Paramedic Jon Atkinson praised the EMS providers who responded amidst the challenging conditions
Pittsburgh Fire Chief Darryl Jones reported that 10 people were injured, and three were transported to a hospital
“I kept thinking they’re going to die in this cold,” said Vania Masaya
As the numbers of pediatric patients with diagnosed mental health conditions climb, EMS providers will be increasingly asked to treat these kids
Thousands of miles apart, two public safety professionals point to detailed plans as the reason for their organizations’ disaster response success
Rescuers have had to crawl over the dead to get to the living, said Jeremy Creason, Mayfield’s fire chief and emergency services director
National Guard members and emergency workers from across the state were pouring into Mayfield to help with a search and rescue operation
Dozens of emergency vehicles responded to an MCI at the Amazon center near Edwardsville, Ill., following severe storms
Acadian Ambulance invested in assets to assist operations in areas impacted by extreme weather and to improve morale for deployed responders
A paramedic and a nurse who witnessed the deadly night’s events and tried to help victims describe how so much went so wrong in Houston
FirstNet, warning systems focus of House subcommittee update
More than 100 rescuers were involved in the effort as residents were stranded in their vehicles and in their homes
The city has implemented a safety initiative after ambulances had difficulty accessing the bar district area after a mass shooting
The kits are part of the city’s new Safe Chicago program, and are equipped with a tourniquet, gauze, shears, gloves and an instruction manual
“It’s a big scary mess, and we honestly don’t know if the help is there beyond waiting out the current circumstance and hoping more people come in to the medical field”
Ambulances from several towns and companies could be seen parked along Main Street on both sides of the hospital
Detailing grant programs that focus on an agency’s specific needs as it navigates through an ongoing pandemic and budget shortfalls
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