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The 911 landscape has changed as acts of mass violence and other multi-caller/multi-victim high-threat incidents begin to increase
Paramedic chiefs and field providers have much to learn from the FBI’s ongoing summary and analysis of active shooter incidents
From memorial statues to challenge coins, first responders are feeling the love from states around the country
The Salt Lake City Officer encountered a car crash while in Europe and used a makeshift tourniquet to prevent the victim from bleeding out
The shooting took place on the edge of the city’s busy French Quarter
A suspect was taken into custody and sent to the hospital after crashing the stolen rig into a tree
Emergency responders previously said they could not determine the source of the odor that caused breathing problems at a community college building
Proponents of expansion argue that EMTs and correctional officers witness as many traumatic incidents as law enforcement officers and firefighters
The caller said a recording played over the phone as he tried to help a neighbor having a stroke
An ambulance was parked at a truck stop while a crewmember was napping in the back, when a man reportedly got behind the wheel
The International Association of EMTs and Paramedics said the first responders chose to forgo body armor in order to quickly treat and transport wounded students
The suspects who fired into the crowded backyard are still unknown and at large, police say
Police officers, firefighters, paramedics and dispatchers from across Ohio gathered to discuss the trauma and stress first responders face
The potential for a confusing operational picture existed during the opening minutes of the response to the latest school shooting tragedy in Santa Clarita, California
Authorities say a suspect is in custody and is being treated at a local hospital
Police say the 38-year-old Bronx woman averaged 100 false alarms per day that emergency personnel were forced to respond to
The man was reportedly loitering around Hoboken University Medical Center when he entered the empty ambulance and attempted to start it
EMS personnel responded to a South Carolina home where a man threatened them and a responding deputy with a knife
Police officers lifted the car off Justin Muller, a 23-year-old Army specialist, and paramedics treated his collapsed lung at the scene
Family members of Lorenzo Sanchez, who suffers from schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder, were concerned he might hurt himself or that he overdosed
Police found an open bottle of wine in the floorboard of Dontre Doxley’s pickup truck
Dustin Shane Cowart told police he was having difficulty sitting still because he thought someone was trying to kill him
Records showed a 34-minute delay after a caller tried to get help after someone shot out her car’s windshield
Police said Thomas Launderville slurred his words during a radio call as he was driving a patient to the hospital
In a 911 call, the suspect’s oldest child is heard sobbing while trying to give dispatchers the location of the minivan
Video from the scene shows multiple patients being loaded into ambulances as others limped away
Officer Scott Valdez, who brought the boy a Happy Meal, offered some advice on when to call in an emergency
Coral Springs firefighter-paramedic Christopher Randazzo was shot dead after refusing to unlock his iPhone
Long Beach fire spokesman Jake Heflin said responders arrived to a scene “filled with chaos”
Christoper Edwards was charged with kidnapping a man who later escaped and stole an ambulance
When crews arrived on scene, Caycey Donivan Douglass Dicks became irate and began yelling at responders
Police said the slaying followed an incident hours earlier at a motel in a nearby town
This unfortunate incident is an opportunity to educate law enforcement partners on things like patient restraint, scene safety and policy
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