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 pair were believed to be on their way to a romantic picnic when they fell
Firefighter Alan Soard was at a fire service water rescue training course when he fell ill
The jumper was stuck dangling on a sheer cliff wall 200 feet above ground
Coming off the heels of ‘Rescue Me,’ producers dish about how the show will give a different and ‘real’ look at firehouse life
“Banshee” hopes to unite EMTs and paramedics and fight for fairer wages
Jakub Halik, a former Czech firefighter is the only man in the world to have two artificial pumps working side by side instead of a heart
After a photo of firefighters trying to extricate the man from the trash can, “Bucket Heid” confesses he was looking for his hat
Firefighter Kristofer Jenkins, who was first on the scene, immediately recognized the SUV involved in the accident as his brother’s
A contestant in a skateboarding race says a deer just started running towards him
Brad Tate responded to calls and told patients they did not need to be taken to the hospital, but they were rushed in later
An Amtrak train carrying about 169 people derailed in a collision with a big rig truck Tuesday morning
Family friend performed CPR until emergency responders arrived
An SUV fleeing from the police collided with another car, killing all three people inside.
The man reportedly was looking for something in the trash when he got his head stuck
Now city officials are vowing to close a dangerous law loophole that allowed the locksmith to sell those keys legally
A federal judge will preside over four days of public hearings focusing on the plan to end discrimination in FDNY’s hiring process
Cooperative exchange had sought to give city firefighters experience as medics, county medics would learn how to assist at fires
The medics and a pilot were on their way to pick up a patient
The 84-year-old woman had accidentally drove off a harbor into the water
Woman was taken by air ambulance to Utah hospital with 2nd-degree burns on her face and hands
The driver of the ambulance veered the ambulance off the road due to a medical condition
Jonathan Cory Brown was the driver of the ambulance that pulled in front of a tractor trailer, causing an accident that killed EMT Belinda River
Self-funding will allow program to remain operational through end of October after federal funds run out
Rachel Bailey’s skull was severed in a car accident
Texas Rangers’ Nelson Cruz inspired the American Medical Response to donate the ambulances after he bought his hometown a fire truck
The woman slipped and fell 60 feet off of a cliff while discarding a cigarette butt and texting
Hampton County EMS argues that the EMT involved in the accident is shielded by law
The miners had to remain underground after a fire broke out on the surface
The exercise will test the effectiveness of the San Francisco FD and Bayside Marine Emergency Response Facility
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