Thursday, July 3, 2008
Illinois Firefighters Establish Fund for Fallen Fire Medic
Report Urges Creation of New Agency to Develop Vaccines
By Douglas Page
The Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies Congress released a report critical of the Department of Defense, saying...
Patience CARE
By Krista Wyatt
Hazardous materials, weapons of mass destruction, intraosseous infusions, ultrasounds and global information systems are just a few of the technical knowledge...
National EMS Efforts Need Cohesive Plan
[ Bruce Evans ]
Last December, the Rand Corp. released a report that started a national debate. The non-profit think tank advocated the creation of a federal agency to...
FDNY Announces Death of EMS Division Chief
New York City Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta has announced the death of Ulyses Grant, 50, chief of FDNY's Emergency Medical Services Division....
DON'T GET TYPECAST
By Chris Cavette
Over the last four years, there have been many changes that affect the design and performance of ambulances new standards, new designations, new chassis,...
Fire/EMS Execs Urged to Register Online
The U.S. Fire Administration is urging state and local fire and EMS chief officers, department heads and state fire marshals to register online with DisasterHelp.gov....
Preparedness Guide for FIRE/EMS Leaders Released
FIRE CHIEF Staff
The lack of specific measures appropriate for local agencies under each color-coded terrorism threat level set by the Department of Homeland Security has often been cited as a shortcoming of the system. On Thursday, DHS released a new preparedness guide intended to help fire and EMS leaders bridge that gap....
Circuitous Route
By Pat West, Senior Editor
The fire service wasn't in the cards when Mary Beth Michos was planning her future, but she's come quite a ways since then....
Senate support urged for rural EMS training and assistance grants program
National Association of EMS Educators
Advocates for EMS are seeking responders' help to ask senators to support funding for the Rural EMS Training and Assistance Grants program in the FY 2004...
It's time to embrace 360 customer service
Bruce Evans
EMS operations need to embrace all customers — patients, hospitals, cooperating agencies and personnel....
EMS leaders gather in Las Vegas for Fire–Rescue Med
Matthew Spengler, EMS Program Manager, International Association of Fire Chiefs
More than 650 EMS professionals came together at Fire-Rescue Med 2003 May 3–7 at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Hosted by the IAFC EMS Section,...
Taxi with a twist
By Tony McDowell, Firefighter/Paramedic, Henrico County (Va.) Division of Fire
Is the management of non-emergency patients becoming a problem in your fire department? Not if you follow the example of these agencies that have embraced the trend....
A different kind of house call
By Lt. Marc D. Greenwood, EMT-P, Akron (Ohio) Fire Department
When responding to domestic violence incidents, emergency medical responders can do more than just treat the injured....
I think it's time we had a talk
Bruce Evans
It’s something we don’t do enough of, but it could ease the tension between paramedics and suppression crews....
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