Fire-EMS
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Investigators found no difference in paramedic student recognition of scene hazards between a walk-around size-up and UAV flyover video
Learn how to stand up a UAS program at your agency, how to pass the AKT and two potential ways drones can save lives
Establish a low threshold for intervention and treat burns as soon as possible to prevent further injury
Chicago has the largest number of women fighting fires and working on ambulances of any city in the country, but they make up less than 10% of the department’s total personnel
Long Beach fire spokesman Jake Heflin said responders arrived to a scene “filled with chaos”
The proposal comes after the Uhrichsville Fire Department put in a competing offer to provide either EMS service or fire and EMS service to the same area
Legislators said they have seen how hard it is to recruit and retain volunteers and that the paperwork required with fulfilling requests would be “burdensome”
Using restraints to protect a patient from harming themselves or providers is not new to EMS, but the circumstances are
Officials said no ambulances were available due to an influx of calls around the same time as the toddler’s drowning
Once crews have gone through the light, the system will change back to its regular traffic cycle
Chief Dan Miller has no memory of dialing 911 on Sept. 18, opening the door of his home to a paramedic he’d trained six months earlier and dropping to the floor
Police said the slaying followed an incident hours earlier at a motel in a nearby town
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital started evacuating roughly 101 patients Saturday night to bring them to other facilities
Firefighter-EMT Brett Wilson, 23, was killed after coming in contact with downed power lines while on scene
Police said the three suspects fled the scene of an attempted homicide in a different county prior to murdering Christopher Allen Randazzo in Broward County
The car sustained heavy damage and immediately caught fire; two students were transported by ambulance to a hospital
Firefighters Brian McCluney and Justin Walker went missing in August while fishing out of Port Canaveral
The Broward Sheriff’s Office has not yet identified the suspects arrested or given a motive
The Res-Q students can give basic first aid and critical care, including stopping bleeds and administering CPR
Length of service awards, college loan forgiveness, tuition assistance and local property tax credits may soon be among the incentives available to responders
Responders credited the 6-year-old boy’s father for using his belt to make a tourniquet around his son’s injured leg
Kenyatta Mwambu, 17, was hit by a Monroeville Volunteer Fire Company No. 4 ambulance in May while crossing a street
“Mayor de Blasio, you need to do more to protect the men and women who protect and serve this city,” said EMS Union Local 2507 president Oren Barzilay
The victim told officers he used the vehicle to escape the home, where he said he was tortured and kept in a dog cage
Amid the open case, the Broward Sheriff’s Office hasn’t released additional details about the killing
A package of 23 bills are aimed at addressing the well-being of responders and providing incentives to recruit and retain volunteer and career responders
How three providers found direction through mentoring, overcame physical and mental health challenges to thrive in EMS
Christopher Allen Randazzo, 39, was found dead after deputies responded to an unknown medical call
“This family, this crew, these team members ... if it hadn’t been for them, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Sgt. Darrow Harden said
Thomas Wright broke free from the gurney restraint, bit the EMT and knocked him to the ground, then began stomping on his head
The tapes depict stranded riders crying, pleading for help for people with health conditions and in one case a man who had passed out, all when the gondolas broke down Oct. 5
In this episode, our co-hosts discuss Firefighter-Paramedic Wendy Ashworth, who became the first female to command an incident in her department’s history
Fire Chief Tim McConnell said work began Thursday in hopes of bringing the multi-ton structures down ahead of approaching tropical weather
