Fire-EMS
The Fire-EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service. Use this page to find news and tips on survivability, ambulance safety, emergency medical response and medical operations.
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders need to set shift length based on call demand, available personnel, equipment supply and time on task
Three of the FDNY’s leading responders on Sept. 11, 2001, reflect on how 9/11 impacted EMS and beyond
Use “when-then” thinking to prepare for the unimaginable
Workers were pouring aluminum billet out of the forge into a mold when the explosion occurred
Heather Davis spent nearly 20 years at UCLA’s Center for Prehospital Care and later oversaw training for 3,000 firefighter EMTs and paramedics as L.A. County Fire’s education director
Property owners will pay an annual tax to pay for emergency medical services
Peterborough Paramedic Dan Heffernan reached out to a nonprofit to gather secure weekend food for schoolchildren
Fire chiefs say that Nashoba Valley Medical Center’s closing adds to the existing workload difficulties
Kansas City Royals pitcher Sam Long thought his baseball dream was over and so he pursued a career as an EMT
First responders in Saginaw arrived on the scene to find the truck and house on fire and the driver lying on the roof
Vallejo Fire Department paramedics have used tranexamic acid three times with positive results
Ventura County firefighters used Oxnard police robots during a technical rescue operation
Kern County officials created an Ambulance Patient Offload Time Task Force to deal with wait times
An increase in natural disasters has compounded problems for first responders across Texas and other states
Sioux City Fire Rescue has seen a 21% increase in EMS calls over the last five years
More than 80 firefighters worked on the rescue, along with a “complete medical team,” LAFD said; Two rescuers were treated for heat exhaustion with one hospitalized
The FDNY added the names of 32 firefighters and EMS personnel to the World Trade Center Memorial Wall
The St. Paul city attorney said an internal investigation was closed with no discipline
When it comes to threats on scene, train your internal response to work for you, not against
Two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School were killed; A 14-year-old suspect is in custody
A fire on the roof of Jefferson Regional Medical Center in Allegheny County was determined to be caused by welding
The lawsuit highlighted St. Paul medics reporting manifestations of Parkinson’s disease and obtaining a refusal from a patient who can’t read or speak English
A gas leak caused an explosion in an East Flatbush house in Brooklyn
Pioneer Ambulance’s regional manager proposes that the Baker City Fire Department regain its ambulance license
Sources said a tire on a plane exploded at the wheel and brake shop
A University of Michigan surgical team responded to the scene in Ann Arbor to prepare for a possible field amputation
The Lebanon Fire District announced changes to single and dual-role staffing as well as reducing non-emergency transports
Chandler city officials are considering purchasing 10 ambulances, equipment and begin hiring in 2026
First responders worked to find signs of life inside an excavator buried under rocks and boulders at a quarry in Sterling
The deaths of two people in the flooding have led first responders to talk about the losses and grief
Santa Rosa firefighters had to dismantle an overhead proofer to free the worker’s crushed arm
A woman was killed and a man injured in a suspected propane explosion in Jefferson Township
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