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
The firefighters were trying to stop a man, possibly suffering from a drug overdose, from driving into traffic
The study found that some firefighters had two to three times the level of flame retardants in their system than the general U.S. population
Firefighters perform CPR in the beat to the Bee Gees hit “Stayin’ Alive”
EMT Tim McCormick was killed after a car ran a red light and crashed into his ambulance; his partner was also killed
Some say Adam Lanza was obsessed with Anders Breivik and wanted to out-do him
The patient broke free from a medic and dragged firefighters as they tried to stop the vehicle
The off-duty firefighter was on his way to Las Vegas when he saw a driver unconscious in a car wreck
Two officers from the volunteer department were arrested and charged with sexually assaulting members of the program
While helping the expectant mother to an ambulance, the baby decided it was time
The president of the paramedics union and firefighters local were not at the event
One Batt. Chief and two supervisors allegedly had sexual contact repeatedly while on duty and on county property
The tornado destroyed more than 800 homes
Jeremiah MacKay suffered multiple gunshot wounds and later died at the hospital
The flight crew has been grounded since a crash in Jan. that killed three people
The doctor said it was the first letter he’s written to a patient’s family in his 20 years of work
Amid shootings, the union president said firefighters who enter active shooting scenes need protection
Billy Huddleston said he wanted to cheer up the firefighters by telling jokes and bringing cookies
Firefighters treated and decontaminated 30 people
For many years, the system has been plagued by poor management
Officials will be looking for identifying marks such as tattoos before confirming the identity
KRTV says on its website the hackers broadcast that “dead bodies are rising from their graves” in several Montana counties
The judge found the officers and firefighters acted justly when they stood onshore as a suicidal man succumbed to hypothermia in the San Francisco Bay
Some parts of Conn. saw nearly two to three feet of snow
The single-story brick duplex blew up and caught fire about 5 a.m
He says that the lack of numbers makes it hard for EMS personnel to respond to the right address
More than 60 were injured when tornados ripped through three Miss. counties and Ala.
The five-year-old died after falling into an icy pond
A government-funded analysis has found that more research is needed for treatment and medications
The firefighter helped save his fellow soldiers when they were hit by an IED in Afghanistan
The site is 25 miles from where actor Vic Morrow and two children died in a helicopter crash while filming ‘Twilight Zone’