Disaster Management
Paid and volunteer firefighters worked together to answer hundreds of calls for rescues
What to expect as task forces deploy to hurricane ravaged areas
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Bags containing 40 kits each are now stocked in all Fort Worth MedStar supervisor response vehicles for use during mass casualty incidents
Pennsylvania Turnpike crash underscores importance of MCI planning, unified command efforts and rehab services for long-duration events
EMS officials said carbon monoxide exposure could not be ruled out in the deaths of two infants at a public housing complex
The ambulance crashed during a non-emergency transport on icy roads
Ready New York鈥檚 Katelyn James created Ready Girl, a superhero that is super prepared and engaging youth on what they need to know in an emergency.
Dozens gathered last week to discuss emergency preparedness issues faced by first responders and healthcare personnel in the state鈥檚 north country
The service purchased the four-wheel-drive ambulance after struggling through last year鈥檚 winter storm
The paramedic told reporters they found no survivors on the island; American tourists are among the missing
In a 48-hour period, six people in Massachusetts were taken to the hospital after sticking their hands in snowblowers
The Friday air ambulance crash killed three, including a paramedic and a registered nurse
California Highway Patrol said a driver failed to look before hitting an ambulance with a medic and firefighter inside
Emergency responders previously said they could not determine the source of the odor that caused breathing problems at a community college building
Jackson Community Ambulance added additional paramedics and available rigs due to the area receiving more than a foot of snow
Officials hope to eventually provide training to middle and high school students so they can familiarize themselves with the kits
The helicopters enable emergency medical transport, still and swift water rescue, search and rescue, high angle rescue and fire suppression/aerial reconnaissance for Travis County, Texas
Employees copied residents鈥� paperwork, gathered medications and got everyone into a common room while dialing 911 to ask for a bus and ambulances
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital started evacuating roughly 101 patients Saturday night to bring them to other facilities
鈥淟oma Prieta Earthquake, 30 Years Later鈥� reflects on the stories from the survivors, first responders and unsung heroes from the Bay Area quake
Chief Norris Croom highlights the need to plan and train for when to stage, when to enter the hot zone and when to retreat
The story behind one of the busiest mobile incident command and communication resources in Silicon Valley
Law enforcement and emergency services are on alert across the country due to talk of possible attacks at advanced screenings of 鈥楯oker鈥�
Local alerts allow governments and first responder agencies to relay critical information to citizens on the social media platform
Authorities raised the storm鈥檚 death toll to five, saying it is believed to have killed a 52-year-old Florida man who was found dead in his stranded pickup truck
Emergency crews evacuated 87 residents from a nursing home in Porter as floodwaters began to seep into the home
A video posted on social media depicts the Huntsville and New Waverly fire departments performing water rescues
The Harris County Sheriff office shared images and a video of first responders rescuing people stranded in their cars
Tony Rosado was part of the Florida chapter of the American Volunteer Emergency Response Team deployed to the region after the disaster
Officials in Harris County said there had been a combination of at least 1,700 high-water rescues and evacuations
A firefighter was taken to an area hospital with a minor injury after responding to the sodium tert-butoxide spill
The Beaumont Police Department said that the 911 dispatch center has received requests for more than 250 high-water rescues and 270 evacuations
