Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on concertgoers, killing 58 people and wounding more than 400
Multiple students at an Owasso high school handled the rock
The Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services Department is using a $1.3M referendum to improve its fleet and add equipment
A cross-agency collaboration in Lowell, Mass., uses an overdose data-driven approach to improve performance and save lives
Fire and EMS providers should follow lessons from Hurricane Katrina while mobilizing to operate in a large arena of catastrophe
The program turned fire and police departments into safe havens for those addicted to drugs and has helped 45 people in the last three weeks
One woman was seen being helped into an ambulance while a call for air ambulances could be heard over police radio traffic
Several agencies have published recommendations to protect frontline public safety providers from accidental occupational opioid exposures
The department is challenging other officers, firefighters, emergency workers and the public to participate
The Denver Health Paramedic Division has sent a total 15 paramedics to support crews in active wildfires
Chief Daniel Small was suspended for “deliberate falsification of payroll forms”
Matthew Brabham started Arming Angels in the hopes of equipping as many responders as possible with ballistic vests and active shooter kits
Captain David Margetts said the firefighters arrived at a seizure patient’s house when he “squared up in a very menacing fashion”
Act 172 allows communities to offer volunteers breaks on earned income taxes and up to a 20 percent reimbursement for property taxes
The change has resulted in dispatchers now calling for the closest fire truck to respond to an emergency medical call when no ambulance is available
Firefighter Jessica LaMer, paramedic Amy Benson and police officer Sylvie Boy wanted to symbolize “what those guys and gals have to carry every day”
The kits are designed to limit blood loss and were created after Jacob Hall, 6, died in a school shooting
The 41-foot medical ambulance bus provides on-scene rehab and mass casualty incident response
A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally; police linked a fatal helicopter crash killing 2 troopers to the rally as well
Aaron Britt was working late one night when he suffered a heart attack; firefighters and paramedics performed chest compressions to save him
Jennifer Jesty said treating a firefighter’s broken ankle in the heart of the wildfire was the “call of her career”
The cause was an electrical fault under one of the carriages
Fire and EMS providers who can look beyond ketamine’s perception as a street or veterinary drug will find it is uniquely positioned to treat sepsis
Rescuers dug through rubble with their hands and used detectors to search for signs of life
Police caught Brenden Ivie, 21, with an IV catheter port attached to his arm during a sting operation
San Francisco police said the death of Chris Mahoney does not appear to be suspicious
Kyla Rivas Zehtab allegedly forged a physical abilities test certificate, which would have made her eligible to become a firefighter
Fire and EMS experience, overdose patient data and funding needs aren’t mentioned in commission’s national emergency declaration request to President Trump
Chief Travis Myklebust offered strategies to create community partnerships and collaboration to achieve a reduction in 911 calls the fire service responds to
Chance Gallant, 20, died after a weapon discharged while his friends were trying to fix it
Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the man was suffering from a medical episode when he went inside his house to grab a gun
Officials are using the hashtag #HeatStrokeKills to spread the message about this preventable tragedy
The Patriot Model is a versatile apparatus that can serve as an ambulance, rescue vehicle and fire suppression unit
