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
Man injured at least 1 firefighter who was trying to extinguish truck, then threatened ambulance worker
Firefighters, police officers, EMS workers were exposed to variety of bee-related accident mock-ups
Both agencies will be united under a single ‘CEO’ after fire chief appointed EMS director a year ago
Footage shows firefighters cutting through glass to reach workers and pull them inside
Families concerned that political struggles are hindering progress on 9/11 museum at World Trade Center site
Gov. Chris Christie: ‘I’ve got plenty as it is, and I don’t need any more, and they’re expensive!’
Firefighters, other city union workers plan to file suit against Scranton mayor
Theory is backed up by evidence that includes canister labeled as cyanide found in his vehicle
Wildlife volunteer: ‘I thought there was no chance he would be alive. I was stunned when I saw him standing there’
About $5,000 is missing from department training fund
Higher pay, demand at fields cited as department faces staffing shortages in future
They took photo with boy’s name spelled out in waterway
Because they were so close to fire when call came in, medics arrived before fire crews
Washington Nationals player: ‘Going into the offseason, I’m going to get my EMT and do the firefighting thing so I have something to fall back on’
Two children, 3 to 4 years-old, suffered potentially life-threatening burns
Injured a director of a fire safety group
Witness: ‘It sounded like they were squirting the house down’
Non-profit ambulance service recently shut down by police
Officials aim to prevent city residents from returning with purchases and avoid fires on holiday
Firefighters rescue Neb. man who was trying to hang swing for his daughter
Paramedics, EMTs set up triage and treatment area for firefighters at structure fire
Residents, business owners could avoid paying fee by signing up for $48/year emergency ‘subscription program’
Falling trees were blamed for deaths of 2 people in Va., 2 in NJ, another in Md.
The drug we use most often in EMS can cause harm if we give it without good reason
Medics performed CPR after Michael Marin collapsed but were unable to save him
Charles Wilson, 21, of Louisa County Department of Fire and EMS, died from injuries sustained during single-vehicle accident
Said the agency “is seeking to use the public’s heartfelt support of the 9/11 memorial and museum as an easy source of revenue to help pay for its own oversized, under-budgeted, poorly-managed capital projects.”
Possibly 500 litres a day were used daily during firefighter training on the site
Firefighters, rescue volunteers round out top 3 in Australian Reader’s Digest poll
Some question efficacy of staffing fire trucks with paramedics, other configurations also in doubt
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