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
Paramedic Jason Ausman says he could no longer ‘stand by’ while his superiors lied in the controversial Medstar pilots case
Nighttime drill was part of Swiftwater Rescue Technician Advanced course for Conway Fire and Rescue members
IAFC is working with program partners and others to save cache of data compiled by responders
The SC EMT was on the way to the hospital when the crash occurred
The team will have 12 paramedics and EMTs
The woman’s hand became trapped in the mail receptacle when she tried to push a letter deeper in
NY private ambulance co. says they are not poaching calls from the town; residents are calling them instead
Several departments in the Jacksonville area are implementing a “trained auxiliaries” program
About 2,000 villages have been hit by the overflowing waters
Air ambulance crews tried to save one of the men in the two-person collision, but he died at the scene
Report doesn’t say whether paramedics or dispatchers should be moved elsewhere within department or let go
Following national trends, Roanoke County is trying to reverse the continual loss of volunteer firefighters
6-year-old boy knew to call for ambulance because of song lyrics by English cartoon character Fireman Sam
A Baltimore city bus jumped a curb and drove into a shelter
Patients said paramedics arrived within five minutes, but were forced to wait for EMT to take them to hospital
Firefighter Frank Ryan suffered a heart attack while battling a fire and has been hospitalized since August
Those who fear or do not understand weapons always make dire predictions of fanciful scenarios when firearms restrictions are eased
The report hopes to ensure a defined method of children transport in ground ambulances
A soccer player during an Asian Champions League match threw what he thought was trash off the field
She realized she was going to give birth before making it to the hospital, so she stopped at a racetrack parking lot
The crash report from Florida Highway Patrol said the driver of the car was not speeding
The man was dangling 731 feet above a river before rescuers saved him
A local veterinary hospital donated 33 oxygen masks to the Murrieta Fire Dept.
It took firefighters and plumbers 6 hours to free the feline
This is the one-millionth HeartStart AED that the company has donated
Investigators say it was a “predatory attack” by the 5-year-old male bear
Tiffany Berry lost her husband after he died in a car accident
The 6-member family formed a human chain to drag the drowning children from the lake
The study raises concerns on time-consuming scripted questions dispatchers must ask before giving CPR instructions
A former firefighter’s post about a child’s mother led to his resignation and the suspension of three others
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