Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
Several people were injured, rescued as fire tore through a house in Queens
Two people were burned and a third injured in the Teaneck house fire
Police arrested the lieutenant and charged him with strangulation during a call in Brooklyn
The firefighter was on his day off working across the street on a home-improvement job when he felt the explosion and saw flames
Jeff Buck, 18, was critically injured when a porch collapsed and trapped him and two others in a burning house
The cliché “knowledge is power” is essential to EMS.
A witness said the tractor trailer driver was trying to make a difficult right-hand turn and jumped out of the truck right before the crash
A NIOSH report released about a year ago shows these dirty hoods can lead to cancer down the road
Police officers found the homeless man with his jacket ablaze; he was not seriously injured
Fire crews spent about two hours extinguishing the flames; no injuries were reported
The man was rushed to the hospital with serious head injuries; no firefighters were injured
George Kavanaugh, 75, a volunteer for 50 years, was a former fire chief from 1985 to 1986
A firefighter sustained a minor knee injury battling the blaze; there’s no word on the cause of the fire yet
Firefighters entered the river to push the car on its side and rescue the girl; she was released after treatment for hypothermia
Firefighter Brian Smyth, 57, suffered a heart attack while fighting a house fire and later succumbed to his injuries at the hospital
Danielle DiBenedetto had been fighting colon cancer since Dec. 2013
The worst injury involved a student impaled by debris; none of the injuries were life-threatening
He had delivered six infants in his 11 years as a medic, and never expected the seventh to be his own child
Firefighters want specialty pay and 2 percent raise, the city says it is one or the other
The rescue took about 20 minutes, but it’s something the firefighters and the woman will never forget
They were driving back to the station after responding to a fire; the injured firefighter sustained minor injuries
They were all rushed to area hospitals, but are expected to survive; two utility workers were also injured in a different fire
In the past, he volunteered his services during forest-fire season when rescue helicopters are busy fighting blazes
He was suspended with pay following a disciplinary hearing and was charged with elderly abuse for the incident involving a hospice patient
The actor was piloting a single-engine plane when it crashed into a golf course
Jeff Buck, 18, was injured when a porch collapsed and trapped him and two others in a burning house
Cardiac arrest resuscitation was unsuccessful; EMS, police, and fire personnel returned to patient’s home to shovel off the roof
The two firefighters were honored by the mayor and the city council for their heroic actions
They were trapped when a porch on the home collapsed; one firefighter suffered serious injuries and the others were released
The SUV crashed into a snowbank after its brakes failed, rupturing the gas tank and causing a fire which exploded an onboard oxygen tank
She was able to walk around under her own strength but was transported to a hospital for evaluation
The firefighter was hurt while trying to put out a beach lodge fire; he’s in stable condition
A car collided with a building, puncturing a chlorine cylinder; vehicle driver was the most seriously injured