Disaster Management
The NHTSA Office of EMS Offers Just in Time Training Resources for EMS providers playing key roles in community COVID-19 vaccination efforts
Firefighters, EMTs and paramedics across the country brave freezing temperatures, face record call volumes and remind community members to stay safe in the cold
Breaking down police, fire rescue, EMS roles in a traffic incident management system
Officer Tim Butterfield is on a mission to meet with all county schools to roll out a standard response protocol
The 41-foot medical ambulance bus provides on-scene rehab and mass casualty incident response
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“I have no idea who I operated on,” said Dr. Jay Coates, a trauma surgeon whose hospital took in many of the wounded
The Mid-America Regional Council, or MARC, has been working on plans to mobilize a response to this kind of incident for decades
The 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of Reserves transported 63 patients with end-stage renal disease to Georgia
Despite the fact that Apple phones have a chip that can receive FM radio broadcasts, Apple has refused to activate it
Members of the Bluefield Fire Department used its fire engines to block off South Street while more than a dozen of the home’s residents were evacuated
The unidentified woman drove over a spillway through high water and was trapped inside
Jet911 airlift service founder Eli Rowe packed the company’s private jet with thousands of pounds of food and 10 volunteers
The 3,114-passenger ship will make three humanitarian stops in San Juan, St. Croix and St. Thomas instead of cruising to Aruba
More than 140 New York City firefighters, police officers and other emergency workers are in Puerto Rico to help
DMI announced the release of Endzone, which enables responders to handle real-time scenarios from a mobile device
Clinton First Aid and Rescue Squad is deploying its ASAP, or Alternate Support Apparatus, unit to help in rescue efforts
The recent storms spurred the Senate to act on legislation that will require cellphones to work on other carriers’ networks during emergencies
Twenty-seven members of the Task Force 1 FEMA Urban Response Team have been called to go to Puerto Rico and help rescue and recovery efforts
Tatyanna Watkins and boyfriend David Knight thanked Desiree Farrell for walking them through the birth over the phone
Nine New York City police officers and firefighters stayed in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irma
“This is going to be a historic event for Puerto Rico,” said Abner Gomez, the island’s emergency management director
Just after search and rescue dog teams returned home from Harvey and Irma, they set back out to rescue victims from more disasters
A mix of neighborhood volunteers, police and firefighters used trained dogs and their bare hands to search through ruins
Rescue workers rushed to the site of damaged or collapsed buildings in the capital less than two weeks after another quake left 90 dead in the country’s south
The nursing home listed a backup nursing home and an EMS agency in its hurricane plan, but reps for both companies say they never got a call
The combined tab from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma is expected to hit $200 billion or more
Eight people died and 145 patients had to be moved out of the stifling-hot facility, many of them on stretchers or in wheelchairs
Eddie Wu drove for 17 hours, served meals for 44 more, then drove back home in time to see his kids off on their first day of school
Paramedic Lester Hernandez encountered a stray, 8-month-old collie mix, who traveled back to Las Vegas in an ambulance with him
Responders can get free tickets for themselves and five additional guests to WonderWorks, a science-driven attraction
Hurricane Irma has forced the cancellation of dozens of Red Cross blood drives in the Southeast, resulting in more than 2,100 uncollected donations
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