Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
Greeley firefighters used a ladder, rope and pike pole to rescue a man wedged between a church wall and a dumpster alcove
Captain David Meyer joined the department in 1996 and was assigned to Truck 29
With newly licensed paramedics, the Spring Lake Fire Department is one of only three departments in the county to offer ALS
Pope County EMS will also respond to Russellville calls; “we’re a partnership,” Fire Chief Kirk Slone said
With the U.S. now leading the world in monkeypox cases, first responders should be aware of the symptoms and how to properly treat patients
A man approached the ambulance crew in the rig, wielding a wooden tree stake, and began “smashing windows and trying to assault them”
While tending to a patient on scene, Seattle firefighters were attacked by a double amputee who tried to intentionally slam into them with his motorized wheelchair
Due to severe staff shortages, the city adjusted the required response time for low-acuity calls from 30 minutes to one hour
After the driver’s own vehicle overturned and ejected him onto an Interstate 75 overpass, he leaped over a concrete barrier and into deep water
The Honolulu Fire Department is leading the investigation with assistance from federal, state and local agencies
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A helicopter landed on the school’s football field to transport a student after a possible fall
More than 70 people applied, but the enrollment was limited to 25
McLean Volunteer Fire Department’s Timo Klotz helped free three people trapped under debris after an Uber driver crashed a car into the building
He was on scene as the EMS incident command and said more than 100 EMS, fire and police personnel from several municipalities and counties responded
Franklin Fire & Rescue: “Our crew arrived on scene and extinguished the vehicle fire and assisted EMS in patient care”
The head-on crash with a car flipped the rig onto its side and caused major damage to both vehicles
Seeking closure nearly two decades after I believe an EMS provider sought to steal from my family as I worked to save my dad’s life
San Antonio firefighters found the man “trapped inside a train car by materials shifting inside the car, pinning his foot,” a department spokesperson said
Vanessa Bryant’s attorneys say a sheriff’s deputy led Brian Jordan around to take site photos; the former captain and his lawyer cited stress and trauma
Lindsay Byrne, her sibling Nicole Kelly, plus a Florida firefighter who was also onboard determined that the patient was having a diabetic emergency
The “prognosis is looking good” for Dominic Ventolora, who had to be intubated, said Laura Kavanagh, the FDNY’s interim commissioner
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Melvin “Dennis” Fortney III also taught at a community college and had retired as a battalion chief for Frederick County Division of Fire and Rescue
Evansville Fire Chief Mike Connelly said the department has not confirmed how many of the houses were occupied at the time of the blast because “some were too unstable to enter”
EMS providers resuscitated Sandridge Volunteer Fire Department Capt. Doug Delk within 10 minutes and transported him to a hospital
It’s a complex issue that involves firefighters’ expectations of the job, our broken healthcare system, and so much more
The man crashed the ambulance, injuring the trapped provider, before fleeing and later stealing a Tanner Fire Department fire truck and crashing it, as well
Clermont Fire Department and EMS responded to a medical call at the home made by the man’s wife and were shot at upon arrival
Nearly 60 LAFD firefighters responded to the scene; EMS treated the actress who was in critical condition
City administrators in Miami County are concerned about increased staffing and cost issues in EMS and fire operations
Bats have been flying around the living quarters of the Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District station, and dead bats have been found in an ambulance bay
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