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There is often a chaotic scene as burn victims are usually pulled out of the fire early, which easily distract responders
‘Every leader should look at themselves and evaluate their current abilities’
An EMT dropped off a patient at a home, and crashed into a house across the street
Jeffrey Jones was charged with falsely reporting an incident, second-degree threatening, second-degree reckless endangerment, misuse of the emergency 911 system and breach of peace
Figures show not just the department’s problems responding to 50,000 annual medical 911 calls but also its struggles in getting to all 77,000 emergency incidents throughout the city
The owner says he’s being treated unfairly by the city after testifying in court that firefighters needed more than a 48-hour training course to become paramedics
“It is imperative that people learn from the tragedy at West,” CSB Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso said
Mayor Bill de Blasio said “it’s not acceptable” that ambulances weren’t immediately dispatched to a fire that killed two children
Crews from Engine 46, Truck 17 and Ambulance 9 responded to the deadly crash outside of their station
He paid attention when firefighters and EMTs visited his preschool, and knew to wake up his parents and siblings when he heard the fire alarm
A group of about seven medics, firefighters and police lifted the man’s truck off of him using their bare hands
Firefighters were screaming for EMS; an ambulance wasn’t dispatched after the working fire was confirmed
Emergency medical helicopters will have until next April to institute tougher risk analysis and in-flight monitoring procedures in challenging weather
A paramedic as well as the driver and passenger of a BMW sustained non-life threatening injuries
Boston EMS is not rooting for 87 degrees, but wants this year’s story to be about the weather, and the runners, once again
As soon as the avalanche occurred, rescuers, guides and climbers rushed to help, and all other climbing was suspended
The cat clawed the face of its owner’s sister, as well as the arms and legs of its owner’s mother; it caused deep gashes on the legs of it’s owner’s 10-year-old brother
A moment of silence at 7:51 p.m. marked the exact time of the leveling blast in a town that is recovering but still has a long way to go
Dispatchers tried to focus and calm students calling from the scene of the fiery collision with a Fed-Ex truck
The firefighters overcame their own injuries to help the nine civilians who were hurt, one of them critically
Rescue workers pulled out 12 bodies from under mounds of snow and ice and were searching for the three missing guides
An army of investigators will leave no stone unturned for a trace of evidence, so make sure you’re not in the spotlight
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson bring expert perspective to hot topics, clinical issues, operational and leadership lessons to EMS personnel and leaders to be safe and successful
The survivors had blast injuries that ranged in severity from minor to critical
A fire truck heading to a fire collided with another engine and then plowed into the restaurant; one person was hospitalized in critical condition and the others suffered minor injuries
