Disaster Management
Every contribution of service matters to helping our country, community, neighborhood and family through this time of crisis and great need
The department is addressing the call demand vs. resources disparity through programs focused on managing low-acuity calls and frequent system users
Fire, EMS and law enforcement personnel can play an important role in the layers of safety that protect religious gatherings in the event of an emergency
The village was being used as a staging post for rescuers to get supplies to remote communities after Saturday’s earthquake
Rescue workers are still struggling to reach mountain villages two days after the 7.8 earthquake as many countries send medical teams to Nepal
Violent winds blew a train car off a track over the Huey Long Bridge in New Orleans as intense thunderstorms hit the area.
Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 2 to assist local emergency operations in and around the hardest hit areas of the country
Nepalese dug through the rubble for missing people as aftershocks panicked survivors
The violent earthquake collapsed houses, leveled centuries-old temples and triggered avalanches in the Himalayas
They got them into an inflatable boat minutes before the car was submerged; torrential rain has caused flooding across the Sydney region
Ambulance en route to the crash scene for the overturned fire truck also involved in an accident
25 injured in chain-reaction collision after winds kicked up dirt and reduced visibility to almost nothing
Severe weather and high winds across the midsection of the U.S. damaged structures and forced evacuations
He was about to go out on a call when a storm tore through the building; he got sucked back about five feet and was able to brace himself behind a wall
In a single day 148 tornadoes killed 330 people and injured 5,484 in 13 states
High wind tore the roof and doors off the station garage just as medics were about to go out on a call
Agency met the challenge of record-breaking snow and transportation frustrations with preparation, honesty with patients, and empathy for its personnel
Officials said that at least nine people were hospitalized with injuries but that the total number of injuries wasn’t yet known
The new Joplin Mercy Hospital replaces St. John’s Regional Medical Center, the hospital destroyed by an EF-5 tornado in May 2011
Public health, fire, and EMS officials plan for heat-related illness, intoxication, and other problems during ‘MumFoo’
The mangled cars and homes have been cleaned up, but reminders of loss are everywhere
Patient: “I realized that these are ordinary human beings and just good guys that want to take care of everyone else”
The 61-year-old man collapsed around mile 22; ALS medics on bikes shocked him with an AED and brought him to a waiting ambulance, where he regained a pulse
Thick, windshield width ice sheet slide off roof and onto car
Toddler in critical condition at Children’s Hospital; ATV recovered from water 18 feet deep
The runway had been plowed minutes before; in driving snowstorm plane stops just short of icy Flushing Bay
Cardiac arrest resuscitation was unsuccessful; EMS, police, and fire personnel returned to patient’s home to shovel off the roof
Ambulance unable to stop on ice-covered road; striking woman that had fallen and bystander helping her
Paramedic Janice Livingston was assisting on crash scene when she was pinned against a tree by the truck
Fire chief said there were as many as 300 kids set to be at the rink two hours later
