EMS World Expo Quick Take: Unified command and EMS’s role in active shooter incidents
NFPA’s John M. Montes, NREMT, examines how ASHER programs help communities prepare for, respond to and recover from active shooter incidents
Jury: City must pay FDNY EMS members for time spent preparing for shift
More than 2,500 EMTs and paramedics signed onto the lawsuit, which claimed the city never paid them for the half-hour of prep work per shift
Canadian paramedic, 2 children killed in ambulance crash
The ambulance, which was responding to a call, collided with a truck, killing a paramedic and two children
Intense Calif. wildfires force hospital, jail to evacuate
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital started evacuating roughly 101 patients Saturday night to bring them to other facilities
Bomb threats force evacuations of FDNY EMS stations
The threats led to brief evacuations of five EMS stations in Manhattan; police responded to similar threats at two EMS stations in the Bronx
Ohio firefighter-EMT dies while trying to help car crash victims
Firefighter-EMT Brett Wilson, 23, was killed after coming in contact with downed power lines while on scene