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.
FDIC presenters offer up tips on coordinating critical care team delivery, and adopting transformative actions once considered heresy
The science of active shooter response is relatively new; is there a better model?
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
An explosion inside a Youngstown building collapsed the first floor into the basement
The NOPEC Foundation awarded a $39,500 grant to the Ashtabula County Water Rescue Team
An EMS crew spotted a firearm on a bed during a call in Staten Island
Widespread adoption by EMS agencies faces challenges due to equipment purchases and insurance
Weekend storms caused destruction, power outages across Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky
Multiple agencies participated in a drill at Fort Harrison involving protestors blocking a roadway
Firefighters from three departments are recognized for their quick work with CPR and an AED
Burleson Fire Chief Casey Davis previously served as an EMS chief, assistant chief and fire marshal
Duette Fire Chief Rocky Parker wants Manatee County officials to allow volunteer paramedics to provide ALS service
The patient fell 40 feet at the Great Falls in Salisbury
These social media posts show how various agencies and departments recognized EMS personnel across the country for EMS Week
The Seminole County Fire Department’s Save-A-Life program helped train Winter Springs High School students in hands-only CPR
Survivors had the time to thank their rescuers in the annual Second Chance Ceremony
Peyton Fire Protection District officials are looking at in-house solutions to AMR’s response time, staffing problems
Yi-Joo Kwon met his rescuers at the FDNY’s annual “Second Chance” celebration
Tualatin Valley firefighters had to stabilize several vehicles during two separate extrications
A man stole a Sacramento Fire Department EMS captain’s pickup truck leading to a police pursuit and standoff
The change in Fort Worth will make MedStar employees members of the fire department
Floyd County officials have replaced New Chapel EMS with AmeriPro Health and the Highlander Fire Protection District
Rochester fire officials said a propane heater caught fire before the blast
Shelby County’s initiative for trauma patients will have whole blood available in four locations
EMS personnel administered CPR and hydroxocobalamin after the firefighter was pulled from the burning house
San Bernardino County Fire Protection District first responders from Station 53 cover an area of roughly 5,000 square miles
The victim was installing a water pipe in Noblesville when sides of the trench collapsed
Firefighters union in Allegany County fights against proposed cuts, layoffs as volunteer ambulance service sets to close
First responders in Waterford were initially dispatched for a person injured in a fall
Portland Fire Rescue said the person survived after possibly coming in contact with a 57,000-volt power line
Salem firefighters were alerted to an explosion and fire at the Tomo Japanese Steakhouse
The Flint Fire Department ambulance is funded by opioid settlement dollars instead of tax dollars
Overland Park firefighters faced a worker buried up to his waist 15 feet below the ground
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