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.
Author Jeremy Norton shares his experiences from the field, fueled by the belief that EMS offers the best way to connect and help vulnerable community members
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The Seminole County Fire Department’s Save-A-Life program helped train Winter Springs High School students in hands-only CPR
Survivors had the time to thank their rescuers in the annual Second Chance Ceremony
Peyton Fire Protection District officials are looking at in-house solutions to AMR’s response time, staffing problems
Yi-Joo Kwon met his rescuers at the FDNY’s annual “Second Chance” celebration
Tualatin Valley firefighters had to stabilize several vehicles during two separate extrications
A man stole a Sacramento Fire Department EMS captain’s pickup truck leading to a police pursuit and standoff
The change in Fort Worth will make MedStar employees members of the fire department
Floyd County officials have replaced New Chapel EMS with AmeriPro Health and the Highlander Fire Protection District
Rochester fire officials said a propane heater caught fire before the blast
Shelby County’s initiative for trauma patients will have whole blood available in four locations
EMS personnel administered CPR and hydroxocobalamin after the firefighter was pulled from the burning house
San Bernardino County Fire Protection District first responders from Station 53 cover an area of roughly 5,000 square miles
The victim was installing a water pipe in Noblesville when sides of the trench collapsed
Firefighters union in Allegany County fights against proposed cuts, layoffs as volunteer ambulance service sets to close
First responders in Waterford were initially dispatched for a person injured in a fall
Portland Fire Rescue said the person survived after possibly coming in contact with a 57,000-volt power line
Salem firefighters were alerted to an explosion and fire at the Tomo Japanese Steakhouse
The Flint Fire Department ambulance is funded by opioid settlement dollars instead of tax dollars
Overland Park firefighters faced a worker buried up to his waist 15 feet below the ground
Waterford administrator offered a plan to create a new EMS department as part of a larger reorganization
The Colorado Springs Fire Department plan would end the 40-year partnership between the city and AMR
An 18-year-old Allen High School graduate collapsed while participating in a citizen’s fire academy training
Larry Ganske and Kris Kruckman look at what has changed in EMS since they started
The investigation determined the Springfield Township assistant chief did not adequately investigate the incident
Fire Chief Colin Stowell to start a review comparing the current system with in-house or hybrid EMS service
Here’s an overview of what naloxone is and how responders are helping curb the opioid epidemic
One teen was critically injured after falling 30 feet inside the intercontinental ballistic missile silo in Arapahoe County
A debate forms over what is an emergency for a Longview man and first responders
An engine from Chuckawalla Valley State Prison/Ironwood State Prison Fire Station, staffed with two incarcerated firefighters, responded to a child’s cardiac arrest call
Here’s an overview of what EMS chaplains do and how you can become one
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