Disaster Management
Acadian Ambulance invested in assets to assist operations in areas impacted by extreme weather and to improve morale for deployed responders
Detailing grant programs that focus on an agency’s specific needs as it navigates through an ongoing pandemic and budget shortfalls
Henry Ford Allegiance Health staged a full-scale emergency exercise of a mass shooting designed to test its response, and the response of several other agencies
The Department of Homeland Security is accepting applications for the School-Age Trauma Training grant
A bridge on a highway linking Italy with France collapsed in the city of Genoa during a sudden, violent storm, sending vehicles plunging
Environmental disasters can expose first responders to asbestos, putting them at risk for mesothelioma
Wall-mounted stations each contain eight bleeding control kits, giving each school 24 smaller sets of tools that can be used in the most serious of emergencies
Healthcare coalitions offer EMS a “seat at the table” for regional emergency planning
When we travel, we get a chance to see other cities, meet other emergency management professionals and discover hazards that exist for the area we’re visiting
The 106,000-square-foot, 14-bed hospital is being built to hurricane design specifications established by Miami-Dade County—some of the strictest in the country
The Medical Reserve Corps organizes medical and public health professionals to serve as volunteers in case of disaster
“It’s currently the largest emergency operations center in the state of Alabama,” 911 director Rod Coleman said
The ballistic gear allows firefighters and paramedics into the “warm zone” alongside law enforcement to quickly provide life-saving first aid
Washington County EMS called the crisis a “mass casualty incident,” and 27 concert-goers were transported to the hospital
EMS1.com Editor-in-Chief Greg Friese speaks about how disasters can have an emotional toll on first responders
The Story County Sheriff’s Office has launched its Defibs Save Lives campaign, which aims to ensure that the county becomes a heart safe community
Paul Stiegler, OnStar’s medical director, spent more than three decades as a top-rated ER physician
The West End Community Ambulance rig rolled down an embankment after crashing while moving through a heavy storm
The Oshkosh Fire Department will use a grant to purchase 10 sets of ballistic vests, helmets and accessories
Make information sharing a part of your mass casualty incident protocols, especially in incidents involving children or unknown illness
The “Stop the Bleed” app, which is free of charge, was designed to teach the public how to save lives in an emergency
During a six-hour class Thursday, the Calhoun County School System nurses heard from medical professionals about the best wound-care techniques to use
The new trauma kits, which are tested on Afghanistan battlefields, include tourniquets, hyfin vents that can be applied to a chest wound and medicated gauze
A recent report claims that well over 4,500 people in Puerto Rico died as a result of Hurricane Maria and its aftermath
Senate Bill 833 would require local emergency officials to follow first-ever statewide standards for public warnings
These concepts will yield more prepared, capable and resilient communities
The 911 landscape has changed as acts of mass violence and other multi-caller/multi-victim high-threat incidents begin to increase
Paramedic chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI’s ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents
The MedStat ASAP MS250 is an all-wheel-drive utility vehicle that is the size of a Mini Cooper but can transport EMTs, a patient and a full-size cot
As the Democratic Republic of the Congo reports another Ebola outbreak, is EMS prepared with proper protocols and PPE?
All organizations should develop an emergency action plan and train to respond to active shooter scenarios
Dustin Talacko wants to raise $25,000 to make emergency response vehicles more prepared for mass casualty incidents
