Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
Sioux City Fire Rescue has seen a 21% increase in EMS calls over the past five years
More than 80 firefighters worked on the rescue, along with a “complete medical team,” LAFD said; Two rescuers were treated for heat exhaustion with one hospitalized
Baltimore County firefighters rescued an 8-year-old boy from a burning house in Dundalk
City officials did not believe the waters would spread to other neighborhoods and did not expand the evacuation orders
The legislation would greatly expand the definition of a public safety officer as a police officer, emergency health worker and firefighter
Police and paramedics rushed to the crash site, where firefighters doused the flames
The legislation would also include killings of current and former military members
The shoulder of a highway crumbled and sent a parked fire truck spilling over the side, but no one was hurt
The decision was met with outcry by some, who said the closure will leave many unemployed
Kevin A. Przybyl, who had cystic fibrosis, was always interested in pursuing a career in public safety
Pain while running calls or sitting around the station is not normal and it can be treated with strength and flexibility exercises
Eddie Baker spent two years in rehab and had to learn how to walk again
Police officers applied an emergency tourniquet on Robert Rendon after his motorcycle collided with a pickup truck
Responders will carry AEDs while off-duty and will be notified when a cardiac emergency in the area occurs
Allegations of bullying and harassment surfaced after firefighter-paramedic Nicole Mittendorff died by suicide April 2016
The St. Louis Fire Department sent FOX25 a letter Tuesday confirming Shawn Daniel lied and did not respond to the bombing
The bill will make obstructing a firefighter who is providing emergency medical care a misdemeanor
Eighteen-year-olds will be eligible to apply if they have a driver’s license and a high school diploma or GED
Responders learn a situational awareness process and complexities to maintaining and acting on situational awareness
The bill would implement a statewide policy requiring jurisdictions to allow responders to carry while on duty
Melissa Griffin and Patrick Williamson spent nearly 10 hours driving on dangerous roads to transport a patient
The bill would make first responders a protected class under a law that applies to crimes motivated by race, religion, sexual orientation or national origin
Initial reports sowed confusion that more skiers had been caught in the disaster, but authorities said the victims had been accidently entered into the skiing database twice
The department said the firefighter-paramedic suffered several broken bones and nerve damage, but is awake and talking
Lt. Edith Torres was off-duty when the World Trade Center was struck, but she responded regardless
The explosion happened after the 34-year-old man mistakenly mixed two chemicals
The House voted to triple penalties for committing violence against firefighters, police and other responders
EMS, fire and hospital personnel describe interstate collision, patient entrapment and field amputation to save a man pinned inside his truck cab by 80,000 pounds of logs
Firefighters walked up and down a debris-strewn highway after the storm, looking for anyone missing or trapped
In a tense and fluid situation, responders who lose sight of the primary objective put everyone at risk
An EMS captain asked a sergeant to subdue a combative patient, but the paramedic on scene was unaware of the request
Marc Hadden helped deliver Gracie in the back of an ambulance and adopted her a day later
No one else was in the plane; officials are investigating the cause of the crash
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