Fire-EMS
The Fire-EMS topic deals with the range of issues facing EMTs and paramedics in the fire service. Use this page to find news and tips on survivability, ambulance safety, emergency medical response and medical operations.
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders need to set shift length based on call demand, available personnel, equipment supply and time on task
Three of the FDNY鈥檚 leading responders on Sept. 11, 2001, reflect on how 9/11 impacted EMS and beyond
Use 鈥渨hen-then鈥� thinking to prepare for the unimaginable
A Fort Worth woman first called 911 to say she had fallen several days ago and called again saying she would shoot anyone entering
Deputies said the family in Angleton was working on leveling their mobile home when it collapsed on them
EMS Assistant Chief James U. Matz said firefighters respond to up to 6,000 opioid overdoses a year
Bloomington Deputy Chief Carl Reeb said requiring applicants to have the state-issued paramedic license was one of the biggest recruitment barriers
Body-worn camera footage shows Memphis EMTs not providing aid during the fatal incident
11 departments raised concerns about communication problems and other frustrations with Medix
A worker suffered burns to his face and arms when an air conditioner exploded at an East Haven bowling alley
First responders from five departments and local construction companies worked to save a person trapped inside a grain bin in Livingston County
EMS response times to life-threatening situations increased by 29%, from 9 minutes 40 seconds in 2014 to 12 minutes 26 seconds this year
Orange County Fire Authority Chief Brian Fennessy said six of the injured firefighters were transported to local trauma centers
At least 17 patients were transported by EMS to hospitals after a wagon carrying children and adults overturned near Chippewa Falls
The Waterford EMS director was fined and directed to stay away from certain children unless permitted in a New York incident
Kansas City Firefighter-Paramedic Kyle Brinker studied emergency medicine at the University of Pittsburgh and worked as a medic in Elizabeth Township, Pa.
Flagler County Fire Rescue is adding 360-degree cameras to the back of their ambulances after a medic allegedly sexually assaulted a patient
Teamwork was highlighted among the dispatcher giving CPR instructions and Chelmsford police officers, firefighters, medics and hospital paramedics providing patient care
A 10-year veteran of the Kansas City Fire Department suffered a medical emergency during a training exercise
Rescuers tunneled underneath the boy and used dish soap and friction-reducing sheets to free him
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors had planned to receive its ambulance service through CONFIRE until AMR challenged the decision
First responders used rescue surfboards to reach the family off Nukolii Beach in Wailua
Video showed the former Flagler County Fire Rescue paramedic molesting an unconscious female
The intersection of Robert Smalls Parkway and Savannah Highway in Beaufort County is the site of numerous motor vehicle collisions
Workers were pouring aluminum billet out of the forge into a mold when the explosion occurred
Heather Davis spent nearly 20 years at UCLA鈥檚 Center for Prehospital Care and later oversaw training for 3,000 firefighter EMTs and paramedics as L.A. County Fire鈥檚 education director
Property owners will pay an annual tax to pay for emergency medical services
Peterborough Paramedic Dan Heffernan reached out to a nonprofit to gather secure weekend food for schoolchildren
Fire chiefs say that Nashoba Valley Medical Center鈥檚 closing adds to the existing workload difficulties
Kansas City Royals pitcher Sam Long thought his baseball dream was over and so he pursued a career as an EMT
First responders in Saginaw arrived on the scene to find the truck and house on fire and the driver lying on the roof
Vallejo Fire Department paramedics have used tranexamic acid three times with positive results
Ventura County firefighters used Oxnard police robots during a technical rescue operation
