Fire-based EMS
The fire-based EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service.
Pivotal’s lightweight, electric vertical takeoff aircraft is drawing interest from Marin fire departments for its potential use in wildfires, search-and-rescue and EMS response
A longtime Danville city councilmember was doused in gasoline and set on fire inside a magazine office by a man with a personal grievance, not linked to politics
A person suffered a traumatic leg injury after their leg was caught outside a Ferris wheel gondola at the Cowlitz County Fair
Uhrichsville fire officials presented a report with two options to the city council detailing the costs and benefits of fire-based EMS services
Lake County Fire Rescue EMS Chief Dan Miller is in critical condition after experiencing cardiac arrest
Safety Board officials approved the purchase of six Stryker Power Load patient assistance systems with 90% of the funding coming from a federal grant
Emergency crews heard a struggle in an adjacent room while they were performing CPR on a man who had suffered a heart attack and called the police for assistance
Fire officials said Capt. Donald Kelley was dressing in turnout gear to respond to a dwelling fire when he suffered a sudden cardiac arrest
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Firefighter Greg Popps was attending his first game at the Carrier Dome when he saw a fan slump over and jumped into action
The fire department will use the funds to replace power stretchers and stretcher hoists in its ambulance fleet
The Bella Vista Fire and EMS Department among first in the nation to launch cerebral oximetry machines in two of its ambulances
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Authorities were searching in vain for Jada Strong before her live stream alerted Facebook to her medical emergency
The Crisis Center of Tampa Bay teamed up with ChappellRoberts to start a program geared towards first responders’ mental health called “First to Respond, Last to Ask for Help”
Virginia’s police chief wants to raise the retirement age, but survey results of about 1,000 public safety employees show first responders are against the idea
The county’s fueling contract company inadvertently filled up the tanks with the wrong fuel, putting diesel in the regular gasoline tanks and gasoline in diesel tanks
Chief Niles Ford said the city will recruit firefighter-EMTs, eliminating separate recruitment tracks
The $322,000 grant also will be used to send 55 firefighters and 10 officers to EMT and mass casualty incident response training
A hazmat incident at a California hotel left one person dead and nine people hospitalized when guests reported smelling a chemical odor
Chief Joe Jackson and Fire Marshal Ken Helms said the switch was made to reduce the cost of maintenance on the engines and rescue trucks
Guests of the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose reported smelling a chemical odor and feeling faint, light-headed and short of breath
Medic 2 crew returned to the scene of an earlier medical call to finish up mowing for the owner
The fire department would use the funds to implement new response protocols to more appropriately respond to mental health emergencies
Teams are working on multiple contingency plans in anticipation of thousands descending on rural Nevada
The all-terrain response units will also be used at the 9/11 Memorial Bicycle Ride
The city of Apopka has also filed a lawsuit against National EMS Billing alleging fraud, breach of contract and unjust enrichment
The Akron Fire Department is launching a paramedicine program to offer free, in-home consultations to help residents and reduce non-emergency calls
A recent government study of 15 agencies found they struggle with too few firefighters, not enough money and ambulance services that are stretched thin
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Firefighters will be carrying two doses of naloxone after the department administered the drug on 223 calls in one year
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