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
It is not clear what caused the flash in the incident that killed 2
The deaths are being treated as homicides
China is among the world’s largest coal producers and has the worst mining safety record
The 22-year-old resisted arrest and began yelling at arriving FF/medics telling them to leave the unconscious man alone
At least two others were also wounded
Real reform will take real guts and real will to make happen
The driver was doing doughnuts in a parking lot and hit an air-conditioning unit
The officer was hospitalized after the driver sped off
Dr. Glenn Asaeda is a 15-year veteran of the FDNY
The teens ran a stop sign and crashed into the tanker
A man got angry with the two victims and pinned them in between two vehicles with his car
The epicenter was about a dozen miles from the desert town of Anza, about 100 miles southeast of Los Angeles.
The girl was involved in a car crash, losing a part of her skull and skin from her arm
The motorcyclist was struck by a car, thrown onto the highway and seconds later hit by a van
The firefighter also went on to win the 15k race
One described being in the middle of the shootout between Goulet and officers as “the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in my life”
His fellow firefighters are also holding benefits to help alleviate financial stress
The boy was swept out to sea as he played on the beach’s shore
The driver ducked before his head hit the truck he slammed into
The patient was suffering from a stroke and the nearest ambulance was 7 miles away
The 49-year-old engineer died of what appears to be a massive heart attack
The man’s flight from Calif. was delayed, but flight officials made sure to hold the aircraft in Texas where his mother was
Three people were hurt critically
50 teddy bears were donated and put in more than 30 emergency vehicles
The fan was badly injured during a Daytona Motor Speedway race
Several grops are requesting the records surrounding the Newtown, Conn. school shooting be made public
A tractor trailer truck lost control on a snowy highway and crashed into the firefighters’ vehicles