Fire-EMS
The Fire-EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service. Use this page to find news and tips on survivability, ambulance safety, emergency medical response and medical operations.
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Training at the Mineral County Airport involved several departments and agencies dealing with a patient surge
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Part of a large tree fell onto a cabin in Oceana County, trapping the counselor in her bed
Eagle Point Fire and EMS Chief Rocky Berg was terminated over several leadership issues
Governor Josh Shapiro proposes doubling the Fire and EMS Grant Program to $60 million in FY2025
First responders in Syracuse rescued several members of two families including a child trapped in a car
鈥淲atch your kids around water鈥� is the Phoenix FD鈥檚 latest social media post to keep citizens safe
The 50,000-square-foot warehouse will be set to supply 鈥渞esource centers鈥� throughout the city after storms
The stranded kitesurfer used a pile of rocks on a North Coast beach to get help
Workers in Raleigh were on top of the deck when it collapsed
Officials in Jeffersonville hired a firm to look at the city providing its own ambulance service
Colorado Springs City Council voted 5 - 4 to continue contract with AMR
Newport News first responders had not followed protocols and incorrectly declared Quandrell Williams dead
Officials in Colorado Springs will hold the first vote on the potential change in EMS
The Maine Department of Health and Human Services has approved the use of the KangooFix and oxytocin
The fire department鈥檚 PSA to outdoor enthusiasts went viral on social media as temperatures soared above 100 degrees in Arizona
Paramedic Weena Doyle of Narberth Ambulance was one of three recipients of a $5,000 memorial scholarship
The pilot radioed he had engine problems shortly before trying to land on a street in Arvada
The temperature outside the event soared past 100 degrees Fahrenheit
Heatstroke treatment has made ice and human-sized immersion bags standard equipment for fire department vehicles
Spike strip, pepper balls used to stop a man who stole a Sacramento Fire Department EMS captain鈥檚 pickup truck
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported 22 patients due to a CO leak from a water heater
A Menomonie Fire Department ambulance was fired on twice but sustained no damage
Fall River Paramedic Miranda Hennessy is reportedly 鈥渋n good spirits鈥� as she recovers from her injuries
It took Dayton firefighters approximately 90 minutes to extricate the woman
Donna Eiden said she and her husband were sleeping inside the bus when it began to roll down the street crashing into signs, pole
Three people were injured, two critically when a hot air balloon came near power lines in Lowell
Medic with Sacramento Metro Fire鈥檚 Air Operations Division was lowered to the patient who was inaccessible by ground crews
Akron authorities stated dozens of victims had been transported to local hospitals
Paramedic Rachel Brady finds multiple ways to help others as medic, flight nurse and diver
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