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• Hurricane deployment is not Beach Week for Ambulance Strike Teams

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  Operating in the public eye under conditions that may require evacuation or assisting colleagues at a moment’s notice means responders must be ready 24/7

• Rapid Response: Is MCI response part of your community celebration planning?

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  Every community has a festival, fair or event that could be a target for violence, like the Gilroy Garlic Festival

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  (Webinar recording) Taking the nation's pulse: The 2019 Fitch/EMS1 Trend Report

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  Fitch & Associates

  Learn more about the trends that are shaping the field of EMS from our discussion of the 2019 EMS1 Trend Report

• Ga. city ambulance delays are causing major concerns

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  From Sept. 1, 2018 to Jan. 10, there were more than 830 occurrences in which no ambulance was available in the 200 square-mile territory, according to county data

• Ambulance response times continue to lag in Ga. city

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  Dunwoody and Dekalb County signed a memorandum of understanding last fall to station more ambulances around the city

• Texas hospital officials explain EMS diversion due to population boom

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  “The reason for the diversion was that we were understaffed to safely manage the number of patients in the hospital"

• Detroit fire union blasts 'ignorant' EMS dispatch memo

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  "Do not automatic dispatch EMS to a fire scene," the memo reads, listing reasons to send a unit

• Provincetown Fire Dept. cited for delayed EMS runs

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  The notice cited the department's practice of responding to calls in a town ambulance and then having the patient transported to by a different ambulance

• Rapid Response: Appleton, Wis. LODD highlights need for situational awareness on routine calls

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  Remember any patient can turn violent, and make a patient assessment/search a part of your situational awareness approach to scene safety

• Fla. EMS transforms public bus into ambulance

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  The RAPTOR can respond to mass casualty incidents such as vehicle crashes, mass shootings or natural disasters

• Denver paramedics: Increased traffic creates rapid response challenge

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  More traffic and longer commutes are creating a challenge for Denver Health Medical Center paramedics

• Canadian ambulance service changes flashing lights

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  Ottawa Paramedic Service has changed their red and white flashing lights to red and blue lights

• Rapid response: Firefighters battling catastrophic wildfires and EMS providers evacuating civilians deserve our attention and support

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  Catastrophic California wildfires have caused unprecedented destruction and required aid from agencies across the country

• Recognize the signs of crisis after a traumatic response

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  The shooting at the Thousand Oaks, Ca., Borderline Bar & Grill is another blow to first responders in communities impacted by mass violence

• Rapid Response: Active shooter response command decisions are made by first arriving ambulance crews, fire companies and police officers

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  What are the potential public policy, legislation, social service and healthcare actions fire/EMS providers should advocate to prevent mass shootings?

• Rapid Response: Is EMS response different when the active shooter survives?

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  Despite the shooter’s despicable intent and multiple murders, he becomes another patient to triage, treat and transport

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