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
Vehicle carrying wreck victim crashed into a car wash Monday; causes unknown
Small plane ran out of fuel
Second investigation this year into wrongful declaration of patient death in Prince George’s County
A total of six motorcyclists were injured
Fifteen freight cars believed to have rolled several kilometres down the track before ramming into a warehouse
Carlos Marti dismissed after meeting with fire chief over allegations
A taxi driver pulled into the fire station to ask for help
Bus rear-ended a charter bus near the entrance to the Epcot theme park, seriously injuring the Disney bus driver
Sick man left in bed overnight while responders gathered special lifting gear
Ambulance service scrapped weekly money drawing after concerns by staff and doctors
A dozen responders aided in search of 2 missing men Monday night
One athlete even collapsed with ‘seizure’ during 26-mile race Sunday
EMS car struck by a minivan sent 3 to the hospital Sunday
Two skiers, 65 and 19, killed after dropping from helicopter
Women in critical condition after going out for morning walk
In many areas of the country, the public equates EMS with its fire department
Fiji leader: cyclone damage ‘overwhelming’
Man fell about 10-15 feet from a ladder while working on a fiber-optic cable
Broadband is coming, but experts disagree on when and how
Police investigating death of 2-year-old
No reports of damage, injuries or power outages
Mark Austry high-fived his brother, then collapsed
Same intersection where another bus and train collided more than a month ago
Study released from American College of Cardiology shows early signs of heart trouble for 9/11 first responders
More than a dozen EMS workers swarmed around a van after the wreck, cutting metal and loading people onto stretchers
The rescue crew did not enter water to attempt to retrieve a body in light of the sharks
He wants the department divided, saying D.C. fire service “culture” is indifferent to treating needy residents
40 people evacuated from buildings with damaged roofs
Most if not all of the money would come out of a $1 billion grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency
Kimberly Kelsey says she was only transported after she called 911 a second time