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Rescuers need to anticipate specific medical problems and patient needs as they prepare to encounter patients in a collapsed structure or debris pile
Rescuers used a rope system to lower an injured worker from a 92-foot water tower
The new plan, led by the Plaistow Fire Department, mirrors the former ALS service with additional benefits, including cost savings and enhanced training
For the first time, there will be a paramedic on duty at the Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department
13 chiefs wrote to Gov. Maura Healy to keep EMS from collapsing following the closing of Nashoba Valley Medical Center
City leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to unveil Medic 8 at Station 28 and the reopening of Station 31
A proposed tax in Muskogee County could fund several public safety facilities, projects and services
The Grand Chute Fire Department will no longer be using Gold Cross Ambulance and instead handle EMS in-house
A survey of Chippewa County EMS agencies finds that more than half believe they will have trouble with staffing, call volume and transport times next year
The Portage Fire Department launched its own service with 21 new hires and three new ambulances
12 residents and three staff members of the Mount Carmel Senior Living Community were among those transported to a hospital
Grant funding and a donation will allow the Plaistow Fire Department to begin a pilot paramedic intercept program
North Middleton Township鈥檚 new drone has been involved in searches and assisted firefighters and police officers in its last eight weeks of service
The Alabaster fire chief said there have been times when patients had to wait 45 minutes or more for a third-party ambulance service
Matthew Plote, a former firefighter-EMT, was convicted of strangling EMT Melissa Lamesch, who was days away from giving birth, and setting her home on fire
Security camera footage shows the aircraft on its side as it crashed into the building in Fullerton
Authorities call 鈥渧ehicle as a weapon鈥� attacks a catalyst for reshaping cities, prompting concrete barriers and anti-vehicle obstacles in public and new spaces
Investigators say IDs and tattoos give a strong identification of the driver killed in the explosion outside the Las Vegas Trump hotel on New Year鈥檚 Day
Law enforcement identified the man as a U.S. Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan
The attack killed 14 people, including an 18-year-old who had ambitions of becoming a nurse; authorities initially put the death toll at 15, which included the suspect
Four children were among those injured when balloons pulled down giant LEGOs during a New Year鈥檚 Eve celebration in Peabody
Officials said some of those wounded in the New Year鈥檚 Eve blast had severe burns and shrapnel injuries
A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
St. Johns County Fire Rescue paramedics faced a trench rescue scenario they had trained for but never done on an actual call
Valor Station is created to help first responders deal with depression and stress
Two Flat Rock EMTs were immediately fired after an investigation found they did not contact medical control due to the patient鈥檚 disorientation
First responders worked 60 feet above the ground, inside a grain silo in Boyceville to free a person trapped in a sweep auger
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