Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
Shelby Township firefighters used a newly acquired Cyanokit to save a man during a commercial structure fire
Eleven Salisbury firefighters were injured when a roof collapsed during an offensive attack on a house fire after a gas line explosion
Data from the Firefighter Rescue Survey shows how often victims suffer smoke inhalation and why rapid Cyanokit use can dramatically improve rescue outcomes
Firefighters at Roseville Fire Department Station 5 heard gunfire and brought a wounded highway patrol officer into the station
Robert Gala was found guilty of multiple crimes committed during his public safety career; his father, Deputy Chief Michael Gala, described the son’s addiction
Three other firefighters and two civilians were injured at the scene
“As we all know, CPR saved my life earlier this year,” Hamlin said at the event. “Ever since, I’ve just always wanted to do my part in raising awareness and the importance of CPR.”
“This is a tremendous loss to the community,” the Upper Perkiomen Valley Ambulance wrote about Jay Miles
The newly formed EMS division of Meadville Central Fire Department will take over as the city’s designated primary EMS provider Wednesday morning
They showed their support for a bipartisan measure that would benefit them
One patient had to be extricated from beneath a vehicle; both were transported to a medical center
Mindfulness techniques and takeaways from an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing training course
Focus on defined instructor requirements, limited exposure time and EMS availability
Simple ways to support firefighter behavioral health following a potentially traumatic event
West Firefighter Edward Hykel was injured in the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion
Some FDs offer peer support, trauma symptom education and encouragement to get help, and leaders and younger firefighters show attitude changes
More than two dozen injured men were transported to hospitals in “delicate-serious condition,” said the National Immigration Institute in Ciudad Juarez
Efforts by FDs, EMS agencies, police departments, and the state’s search and rescue task moved from heat-imaging devices and drones to heavy machinery
Carroll County is working to fill dozens of other positions
Other departments have show an interest in the Colorado Springs Fire Department’s multi-tiered response program
Monterey Park Fire Chief Matthew Hallock said grief counselors and peer support have helped along with the knowledge that lives were saved
The blaze injured 3 firefighters and 3 EMS providers while destroying DNA evidence
Documents show Kansas City’s civil rights department investigated and substantiated her complaints that her supervisor “taunted and terrorized her”
The workers were pronounced dead on scene, and EMS providers transported one patient to a medical center
A department spokesperson warned the public to be aware “of trees, wires and standing pools of water”
Seeking state legislators’ support, FASNY president Edward Tase Jr. described staffing issues and the effects of hospital closures
EMS providers transported the children and two adults to a hospital
A driver in a Chevy Avalanche pick-up reportedly T-boned the rig at an intersection and kept on driving
Recently demoted Chief Michael Gala told Arnaldo Rodriguez not to return to the academy
Charleston firefighters dug through rubble for about 10 minutes until they reached Captain John Hastings
A helicopter crew grabbed the man, hoisted him up and transported him to a hospital
Firefighter Walter Stewart lost his youngest and oldest kids following the deaths of their brother and mother
“It’s gotta be like hell,” said Fire Department spokesperson Larry Langford. “We’re doing all we can to support [Walter Stewart],” who also lost his son
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