Fire-EMS
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The right messaging and training can give community members the confidence to step up during emergencies
Lillian Bonsignore draws on her 30-plus-year EMS career to spotlight the financial realities facing first responders
EMS providers are more susceptible to sleep disorders and their inherent dangers and health implications
Sheriff’s Office records indicate emergency workers were called to Ferguson’s home about 100 times between January 2005 and this week
“I don’t want to go to another firefighter funeral,” Councilman Joe Buscaino, a retired police officer, said
They worked as partners before anyone at Hillsborough Emergency Medical Services knew they were married
Four people were on board the ambulance when it left the road and collided with a tree
The Butler Area Rural Transit bus was carrying people with developmental disabilities as part of a reduced-free transportation program
Jeremy Yancey faces three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of operating a motor vehicle while impaired causing death and reckless driving causing death
Most of the victims were first responders from fire departments in West and other nearby towns that were on the scene trying to control the fire that preceded the blast
Lancaster and Susquehanna Valley EMS are at the center of deciding best possible service
The current two-year deal with Rural/Metro expires June 30 and a request-for-proposals process has yet to be initiated
A pickup collided with a Gibson County ambulance at an intersection, causing both vehicles to flip over
Nicholas White, was fired and faces criminal charges for an April 14 incident in which he allegedly was driving an ambulance while intoxicated
The cause of the fire, which started Wednesday night, remained under investigation, but it was believed to be accidental
The disaster has rocked the community and, even in the shadow of the Boston Marathon bombings, which have received the lion’s share of media coverage this past week, it has reverberated throughout the country
Hennepin County is honoring Russell -- along with fellow Richfield firefighters Dave Quebodeaux, Steve Paszkiewicz, and Joel Halaska -- for their lifesaving work
California-based bio-printing pioneers Organovo created the mini organs by using the machine to build up around 20 layers of liver cells
“The adrenaline was rushing but I’m a certified EMT so it’s kind of act first, think second,” Steven Gifford said
Emergency crews were loading a patient into an ambulance after his car spun out and wound up in the embankment
Witnesses told police that a northbound vehicle, traveling at a high speed, crashed into a semi-truck
The Marple Township Ambulance Corps initiated a pilot program this month to improve the care of septic patients
Eight-story building collapsed trapping many garment factory workers
Sadly, in the wake of recent events, it seems that it may need to become an option
Surveillance video catches the suspicious officer snag the man by the shirt just as he attempts to jump
The release came a day after an FBI agent testified in court that searches of Paul Kevin Curtis’s house found no ricin or evidence that he was making it
Despite their volunteer status, West Mayor Tommy Muska said, the men were trained to handle the situation.
A man in Germany had to be saved after his attempts to do the viral dance craze went drastically wrong
Philadelphia Judge Benjamin Lerner said at a hearing they violated the most important condition of their probation: to seek medical care for their remaining children
His parents decided their hero son would want to continue saving lives
The resident, believed to be in his 50s, was found ‘disoriented’ in his smoke-filled lounge when the crew entered through the unlocked backdoor of the ground floor apartment in Fell View
The car spun around, hit a concrete wall and then hit the emergency crews and the first driver, knocking them all back down the hill
The eRanger motorbike ambulances, conceived by Welsh paramedics and students at the University of Glamorgan while on a visit to Mbale, have boosted local maternal health.