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.
Your main role on a fire scene is to keep firefighters safe, which may include telling them they aren’t safe to return to duty
A new Las Cruces, New Mexico, program aims to better serve community members experiencing mental health emergencies
A legal and ethical deep dive into the firing of 2 EMTs, fire lieutenant in Tyre Nichols’ death
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Marcellus Ambulance personnel faced a driver pinned upside down in a burning vehicle
Six people were killed when a semi crashed into a charter bus carrying high school students
Cheshire County officials used pandemic relief funds to create county EMS after failed bid to buy ambulance service
A charter bus carrying students was struck by a tractor-trailer in Licking County
Traverse City voters chose the fire department, over Mobile Medical Response, as the primary ambulance service
Organizers have seen a decrease in unplanned emergency department, hospital visits in the first year
A gas explosion collapsed part of a multi-family structure in Wappingers Falls
Whitesburg Fire Department Assistant Chief Joe Back suffered a heart attack during an EMS call
An explosion in Orland leveled one home and damaged two structures
An independent study recommends the Santa Fe Fire Department add more ambulances, placing them at specific firehouses for increased demand
The uncertainty of complex problems requires flexibility when crafting responses
Children jumped from windows to escape from the Brooklyn apartment fire
Smoke from wetland fires mixed with fog to create a “super fog,” causing several crashes on I-55 near New Orleans
Austin-Travis County EMS treated three adults, one suffering from life-threatening injuries
The Mobile Fire Department has begun providing ambulance service to approximately 20,000 new residents after a referendum on the annexation
Miami Beach officials approved the deployment of 12 firefighters overseas
Position papers on neuroprotective CPR and pre-hospital transfusion of blood products were previously endorsed at the annual NFPA Urban Fire Forum
Emergency services organizations are struggling to meet the escalating needs for medical supplies, equipment and vehicles
The driver of a minivan lost control, crossed the median, struck a semi and then crashed into an RV facility, causing a fire
MMR’s Vice President of Operations Eric Snidersich said the current system in Traverse City is very effective when compared to fire-based transport
Police say at least four people were shot in an “active shooter situation” on campus; the area was under a shelter-in-place order for several hours
Five position papers – focused on climate change, blood transfusions, reproductive health, mental health and CPR – were endorsed at the annual NFPA Urban Fire Forum
The Aug. 8 wildfire killed at least 97 people and destroyed at least 2,000 structures, mostly homes, in Lahaina
Author Jeremy Norton shares his experiences from the field, fueled by the belief that EMS offers the best way to connect and help vulnerable community members
Setting the tone and driving organizational change from the chief’s seat
Manchester-by-the-Sea firefighters had one of their fire engines certified as carrying ALS care
The Decatur Fire Department issued a recall of off-duty firefighters to respond to the 3-alarm fire
Aspirus MedEvac Operations Manager Jessica Montgomery said no two days are ever the same
Hanceville firefighters responded to a cardiac arrest call in January after receiving ALS training, certification
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