Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and Rochester Hills Fire Department were recognized for their swift actions after the 2024 splash pad shooting that wounded nine, including three children
Funding gaps, rising costs and blocked attempts to exit urban renewal districts have left Ada County first responders struggling to meet response-time goals
Firefighters from Marine 4 pulled victims from the water near Hart Island while Marine 6 knocked down the blaze
Hamilton Fire Chief Mark Mercer said that move will shave as many as four minutes off of many emergency medic runs to places further west of Station 21
Though an investigation said 11 department members admitted to intubating a deceased patient, only nine of them were actually credentialed healthcare providers
The Community Health Needs Assessment is the starting point for launching a mobile integrated health program the hospital will pay your department to run
Kansas City Fire Department responders helped Ken Hargis down from the attic and finished his insulation work afterwards
After learning he was suspended, Clearwater Fire Department Chief and EMS Director Scott Cooper resigned and was followed by several responders who did the same
Firefighter-EMT Vicki Kalmar was diagnosed with a fast-progressing form of Stage 3 cervical cancer in May and is currently undergoing her first rounds of treatment
Steps to implementing unified command, staging and access learned from the Route 91 Harvest Festival attack
Tom Laumann was diagnosed with pneumonia with sepsis after suffering back spasms and a dry cough and became unable to breathe
“If the patient is deceased at the scene, it becomes a law enforcement issue,” Whatcom County Fire District 14 Chief Jerry DeBruin said
Firefighters knew one of the shooting victims was eight months pregnant and went inside before police arrived “because they knew they could make a difference”
Witnesses told investigators that “tube checks” on deceased patients were “a widespread prior practice of paramedics” of the Bellingham Fire Department
Mobile 911 calls have been processed directly through the Barnstable Police Department’s new dispatch center, significantly reducing emergency response times
Officials said several department members practiced multiple intubations on a body that was awaiting transport to a funeral home
Off-duty West Allis firefighter Chad Staszak was praised by West Bend Police Chief Kenneth Meuler, who told the mayor he “should be proud” to have Staszak serving the city
The Blue Mass tradition was revived in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland after the terror attacks Sept. 11, 2001
A new commemorative stamp from the U.S. Postal Service honors first responders across the country who assisted during a Calif. wildfire and mudslide
Breaking the opioid overdose cycle with monitoring at home by community paramedics
Firefighter-paramedic Brent Jones said he decided to get help after five of his colleagues died by suicide in the past five years
“Thank you for my life and for my second life,” Lisa said to the responders who extricated her from a car that had been T-boned in 2008
Cincinnati Fire Chief Roy Winston credits coordinated police and fire operations for saving countless lives within the Fifth Third Center
Responders from California, Indiana, New Hampshire and Colorado are heading to the East Coast to assist in any needed rescue efforts
Think twice and consider community demographics and need before pursuing additional revenue through adding an ambulance service
Warriors Heart finds alcohol abuse is the most common addiction in veterans and first responders
The four-firefighter Rapid Extraction Module, with paramedics and ropes technicians, is trained to remove and transport injured firefighters using an off-road vehicle
Four paramedics and eight EMTs assisted in the birth of two newborns over the course of 12 hours
As firefighters battled a blaze, they heard yelling next door: It was the mother of a 21-year-old woman, saying her daughter was about to give birth
A down subject call occurs when the member of the public who calls dispatch is not willing or is unable to approach the unresponsive person
Luis Garcia’s South Florida Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project hopes to reduce the number of fatal overdoses
The grants will pay for nine new firefighter positions, a third emergency squad unit and will help send 12 firefighters through a paramedic training program
Nineteen people were riding “El Nino” at the Washington State Fair, when it stopped moving
