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.
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 Penfield Volunteer Emergency Ambulance opened their doors to those traveling to the firefighters’ who were killed during the Christmas Eve shooting calling hours
A passenger in the vehicle was also critically wounded
Firefighters said they took one of the people to the hospital while the other two did not want to go
She said she meditated, breathed slowly and told herself it wasn’t her time to die
An ambulance was dispatched immediately but police and fire dispatch was 30 minutes late for the woman who drove into a pond
A 50-year-old homeless man was also injured on the same platform in a apparently unrelated incident
The man’s father died on New Year’s Eve, the day dozens of DC firefighters called out sick
About 42 percent of the cases involve energy drinks mixed with alcohol
The woman had fallen about 12 feet into a tight space between the two structures
Allegedly urged by a tour guide, the pair were standing near two rhinos to take a picture when they were attacked
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His wife started going into labor unexpectedly, about four weeks before the due date
The tower will again broadcast radio and TV transmissions, something not done since the Sept. 11, 2001 attack
The hunter was in the frozen water for about 30 minutes before rescuers saved him
After backing up too far, the ambulance almost fell over the hill
Returning from a memorial service for three of their fallen colleagues, they stopped at an Applebee’s for dinner
The woman was seriously injured and flown to a Stockholm hospital
While trying to remove them from the aftermath of a fire one a terrier bit a firefighter/EMT six times
The pair were able to take refuge in a caged-in windowsill as the flames spread into their home
Venice Chief Jim Warman is recommneding the city take over EMS within city limits
En route to the hospital, the man went into cardiac arrest
the 67-year-old woman was found by a passing biker
Two deaf people were interacting when a third person approached and stabbed one with a kitchen knife
About a dozen cops lifted a taxi off a pedestrian who was run over early yesterday morning in the South Bronx
The three apparently got lost while hiking the desolate trail
David Garofalo was convicted of DUI after flipping a car in Indiana and will not be able to behind the wheel of an ambulance
With no money to pay for a taxi, the woman faked a knee injury
Angus Pascall allegedly used his FDNY key to shut down elevators to corner his victims
The family clung on to a jetty for hours, hiding in the water as flames ripped through their home