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 family clung on to a jetty for hours, hiding in the water as flames ripped through their home
Only the man’s hands can be seen poking from underneath the snow
An internal investigation has been launched after an arson investigator pointed a gun at a motorist involved in a road-rage incident
Originally, firefighters would not receive calls about low-level medical calls that only ambulances needed to go to
$63,000 worth of ambulance bills have gone unpaid over the last three years
The suspect in custody is reported to also be a student
An off-duty paramedic and two other witnesses pulled the injured driver from the truck, before he later died at the hospital
Russel Piehl was killed Jan. 2 in a medical helicopter crash
Some EMTs say they use their heavy bags full of gear to protect them from dangerous patients
A news chopper flying overhead spotted the water vessel land called for help
A medic said the sigh of the little boy’s chemical burns was one of the worst she’d ever seen
200 people were forced to flee as the explosion sparked fires and shattered windows in a busy restaurant
The commuter bus struck a mini school bus, which landed on its side
Firefighters tried to coax the amateur acrobat down, but he continued to swing until he touched the live wires
41 emergency calls were made during a 10-minute period
Nearly 100 nursing home residents were displaced after a sewer back-up
The 3 seriously injured are in stable condition
The cow was apparently spooked by a dog while getting out of its pasture and fell in the pool
Union activists and firefighters booed city officials and chanted “Recall! Recall!”
Firefighters found a dismembered body where the man set fire to 2 apartments and 1 car
Both problems occurred at Boston’s Logan International Airport and involved Japan Airlines 787s
When firefighters found the victim he was bleeding from the head and not making much sense
Philadelphia could take a cue from its big city neighbor to the north, FDNY, to help bring improvements
The city has more than 1,900 firefighters and less than 250 paramedics even though 84 percent of calls are for EMS
The medic was taking an injured person from a fatal house fire when the incident occurred
Family members broke down as they heard the officers’ testimonies
The woman was taken to a burn unit with life-threatening injuries
Smoke was reportedly coming from the cockpit of the plane grounded in Boston