MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 2 2021— Two men are being honored for saving the lives of a Memphis couple from the silent killer – carbon monoxide. A few weeks ago, Eldridge and Zina Henry had a new ADT security system installed. The system started beeping due to a carbon monoxide leak. Zina called an ADT dispatcher, […]
TOLEDO, Ohio March 6 2021— There’s a new program at Toledo Public Schools TPS that aims to prepare high school students for a career in local law enforcement or firefighting and emergency medical services EMS. The three-year program is called PS 419. The PS stands for public schools and public safety. It was developed in […]
MUSKOGEE, Okla. Jan 17 2021— Escalating numbers of new COVID-19 cases requiring emergency health care or hospitalization continue to hobble local resources. An increase in the number of patients requiring hospitalization and staffing shortages have resulted with a shortage of available hospital beds at area hospitals. As a result, Muskogee County Emergency Medical Service employees […]
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, Calif. Dec 3 2020— San Bernardino County emergency dispatchers have stopped sending an ambulance to all 911 calls, a strategy that’s lightening their load as coronavirus-related calls surge. Instead, people whose symptoms appear consistent with COVID-19 or the flu but who do not appear to need hospitalization are being visited by paramedics […]
MT. JULIET, Tenn. Aug 1 2020— Seven Tennessee first responders were transported to the hospital after possibly being exposed to potassium cyanide. The three firefighters, two medics and two police officers were rendering aid to an unresponsive man near a library in Mt. Juliet when a bottle containing the deadly chemical was discovered at the […]
Easton PA May 23 2020 Jeremy Emerich, a critical care EMT on the ground for Lehigh Valley Health Network’s MedEvac, died Thursday following a battle with COVID-19, friends and coworkers said on social media. Emerich was also a U.S. Armed Forces veteran and an active firefighter in Fleetwood, the Berks County community where he lived […]
MINNEAPOLIS MN April 24 2020 — A Minnesota paramedic who died by suicide on Tuesday was honored Thursday afternoon with a gathering of emergency vehicles outside the hospital he served. Hennepin EMS Paramedic Karl Meek, 44, served in Hennepin County for seven years and was a member of the Hennepin County Association of EMTs and Paramedics, […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. March 21 2020 — A security officer on duty at a Days Inn called police for assistance during a fight involving at least five persons. Charlotte police and EMS responded and while paramedics was treating one of the men involved in the back of their ambulance, another man attempted to get inside the ambulance. […]
Ontario Canada Feb 28 2020 In the 2010s, unmanned aerial vehicles, aka UAV or drones, moved from the realm of science fiction into reality. In the 2020s, drones are likely to become even more prevalent in emergency response, search and rescue operations, accident investigations, site surveys, package delivery and countless other tasks. While some of […]
LUBBOCK, Texas January 11 2020– A firefighter and police officer were killed while working the scene of a crash on Interstate 27 Saturday morning in far north Lubbock, according to city officials. A second firefighter was critically injured. The accident was reported in the area of Interstate 27 and Drew Street (Farm-to-Market Road 1294). The […]