/firefighters Firefighters en-US Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:01:54 GMT /cpr/n-c-firefighters-respond-to-ems-call-involving-one-of-their-own Westfield firefighters responded to a familiar address and found one of their own in cardiac arrest Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:01:54 GMT /cpr/n-c-firefighters-respond-to-ems-call-involving-one-of-their-own /ems-training-and-education/md-ems-seminar-celebrates-2-decades-of-delivering-continuing-education-to-first-responders Marking 20 years in March 2025, the seminar honors Dr. F.W. Miltenberger’s EMS legacy while continuing to educate emergency responders Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT /ems-training-and-education/md-ems-seminar-celebrates-2-decades-of-delivering-continuing-education-to-first-responders /legislation-funding/inside-politics-reviewing-the-actions-taken-by-the-118th-congress-and-president-biden Know the newest fire- and EMS-related laws Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:51:13 GMT /legislation-funding/inside-politics-reviewing-the-actions-taken-by-the-118th-congress-and-president-biden /legal/ohio-bill-seeks-14-foot-harassment-protection-zone-around-first-responders A former sheriff and a volunteer firefighter created a bill that makes harassing first responders engaged in their lawful duty a first-degree misdemeanor Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:46:15 GMT /legal/ohio-bill-seeks-14-foot-harassment-protection-zone-around-first-responders /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/20-injured-in-ky-nursing-home-fire Residents of the Landmark Nursing Home in Bardstown, as well as staff and police officers, were treated for smoke inhalation Wed, 05 Mar 2025 13:55:00 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/20-injured-in-ky-nursing-home-fire /cpr/n-c-firefighters-respond-to-ems-call-involving-one-of-their-own Westfield firefighters responded to a familiar address and found one of their own in cardiac arrest Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:01:54 GMT /cpr/n-c-firefighters-respond-to-ems-call-involving-one-of-their-own /ems-training-and-education/md-ems-seminar-celebrates-2-decades-of-delivering-continuing-education-to-first-responders Marking 20 years in March 2025, the seminar honors Dr. F.W. Miltenberger’s EMS legacy while continuing to educate emergency responders Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:12:34 GMT /ems-training-and-education/md-ems-seminar-celebrates-2-decades-of-delivering-continuing-education-to-first-responders /labor-issues/ill-firefighters-union-protests-change-to-ambulance-staffing The Country Club Hills Fire Department Local 2720 stated it disagrees with the requirement of one paramedic and one EMT on an ambulance Fri, 14 Feb 2025 15:01:43 GMT /labor-issues/ill-firefighters-union-protests-change-to-ambulance-staffing /burns/s-c-man-crashes-into-fire-truck-after-allegedly-setting-girlfriend-on-fire The boyfriend allegedly left the scene but was found just after he crashed head-on with one of the Orangeburg fire engines heading to the scene Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:55:21 GMT /burns/s-c-man-crashes-into-fire-truck-after-allegedly-setting-girlfriend-on-fire /rescue/calif-tree-trimmer-shocked-trapped-in-tree-after-contacting-power-lines A Los Angeles tree trimmer was rescued after being shocked and stranded in a tree when his pole got tangled in power lines Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:35:16 GMT /rescue/calif-tree-trimmer-shocked-trapped-in-tree-after-contacting-power-lines /9-11/fdny-union-reclassifies-deaths-of-retired-members-as-9-11-related-deaths The Uniformed Firefighters Association stated that the two members had served at Ground Zero Fri, 07 Feb 2025 11:59:54 GMT /9-11/fdny-union-reclassifies-deaths-of-retired-members-as-9-11-related-deaths /fatal-incidents/ga-battalion-chief-fatally-shot-while-helping-motorist-who-struck-a-deer Coweta County Battalion Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was killed and two others wounded when a resident fired on the trio during an MVC involving a deer Wed, 22 Jan 2025 11:35:53 GMT /fatal-incidents/ga-battalion-chief-fatally-shot-while-helping-motorist-who-struck-a-deer /disaster-management/texas-paramedics-deploy-to-calif-to-assist-with-battling-wildfires Parker County Hospital District sent an ambulance and two medics along with several other first responders from the state Fri, 17 Jan 2025 14:48:44 GMT /disaster-management/texas-paramedics-deploy-to-calif-to-assist-with-battling-wildfires /news/first-responders-at-trump-assassination-attempt-will-march-in-inaugural-parade Butler first responders will be second in the marching order after the U.S. Army in the parade following President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Wed, 15 Jan 2025 14:28:26 GMT /news/first-responders-at-trump-assassination-attempt-will-march-in-inaugural-parade /fire-ems/mont-firefighters-make-department-history-as-first-paramedics For the first time, there will be a paramedic on duty at the Butte-Silver Bow Fire Department Tue, 14 Jan 2025 15:32:05 GMT /fire-ems/mont-firefighters-make-department-history-as-first-paramedics /firefighters/kan-firefighters-shovel-driveway-after-treating-cardiac-arrest-patient "I think it’s just part of the culture for first responders," the Overland Park Fire Department PIO said about the act of kindness Sat, 11 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT /firefighters/kan-firefighters-shovel-driveway-after-treating-cardiac-arrest-patient /disaster-management/at-least-5-dead-1-000-structures-destroyed-100-000-under-evacuation-orders-in-socal-wildfires Firefighters from multiple states will help with at least four major fires burning around Los Angeles Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:06:34 GMT /disaster-management/at-least-5-dead-1-000-structures-destroyed-100-000-under-evacuation-orders-in-socal-wildfires /fatal-incidents/veteran-n-c-paramedic-killed-in-crash-while Lieutenant William Oxendine served Stanly County for over 20 years as a medic, field training officer and volunteer firefighter Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:33:34 GMT /fatal-incidents/veteran-n-c-paramedic-killed-in-crash-while /burns/multiple-burn-victims-reported-as-thousands-flee-wind-driven-l-a-wildfire The Los Angeles Fire Department said a firefighter was among those injured, suffering a serious head injury during the Palisades Fire Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:49:12 GMT /burns/multiple-burn-victims-reported-as-thousands-flee-wind-driven-l-a-wildfire /legislation-funding/inside-politics-reviewing-the-actions-taken-by-the-118th-congress-and-president-biden Know the newest fire- and EMS-related laws Tue, 07 Jan 2025 15:51:13 GMT /legislation-funding/inside-politics-reviewing-the-actions-taken-by-the-118th-congress-and-president-biden /hospital/kan-ffs-cook-and-deliver-food-to-snowed-in-hospital-staff An Overland Park ambulance crew "raided their own pantry" after they found an empty ED snack room and nurses held over due to the snow Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:22:01 GMT /hospital/kan-ffs-cook-and-deliver-food-to-snowed-in-hospital-staff /fire-ems/20-injured-in-fire-at-pa-nursing-home 12 residents and three staff members of the Mount Carmel Senior Living Community were among those transported to a hospital Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:20:32 GMT /fire-ems/20-injured-in-fire-at-pa-nursing-home /rescue/colo-teen-injured-after-falling-into-decommissioned-missile-silo First responders used ropes to rescue a boy 30 feet down in a missile silo in Arapahoe County Sun, 05 Jan 2025 17:00:00 GMT /rescue/colo-teen-injured-after-falling-into-decommissioned-missile-silo /ems-drones/pa-first-responders-put-in-hours-with-new-drone-program North Middleton Township's new drone has been involved in searches and assisted firefighters and police officers in its last eight weeks of service Sat, 04 Jan 2025 17:00:00 GMT /ems-drones/pa-first-responders-put-in-hours-with-new-drone-program /legal/ex-ff-arson-pregnant-emt-murder-featured-in-people-series 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 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 13:54:53 GMT /legal/ex-ff-arson-pregnant-emt-murder-featured-in-people-series /police/13-police-officers-among-17-injured-in-fatal-n-j-apartment-fire Officers in Ewing tried to reach a 6-year-old boy trapped in a fire on the fourth floor of a seven-story apartment Fri, 03 Jan 2025 11:45:11 GMT /police/13-police-officers-among-17-injured-in-fatal-n-j-apartment-fire /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/1-dead-7-injured-when-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-las-vegas-trump-hotel Law enforcement identified the man as a U.S. Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:57:20 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/1-dead-7-injured-when-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-las-vegas-trump-hotel /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-evil-authorities-find-multiple-improvised-explosives-inside-truck-in-new-orleans-attack 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 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:10:19 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-evil-authorities-find-multiple-improvised-explosives-inside-truck-in-new-orleans-attack /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/3-dead-over-20-injured-in-honolulu-fireworks-explosion Officials said some of those wounded in the New Year's Eve blast had severe burns and shrapnel injuries Thu, 02 Jan 2025 12:04:12 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/3-dead-over-20-injured-in-honolulu-fireworks-explosion /ems-training-and-education/ala-fire-chief-addresses-inappropriate-ems-training-scenario A Decatur Fire & Rescue recruit school training video shows recruits facing a simulated injured patient inside a bathroom stall Thu, 03 Oct 2024 13:05:17 GMT /ems-training-and-education/ala-fire-chief-addresses-inappropriate-ems-training-scenario /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-evil-authorities-find-multiple-improvised-explosives-inside-truck-in-new-orleans-attack 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 Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:10:19 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/this-is-evil-authorities-find-multiple-improvised-explosives-inside-truck-in-new-orleans-attack /firefighters/fundraiser-for-former-pa-fire-chief-who-died-at-trump-rally-nears-1m Corey Comperatore, a former Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company chief, used his body as a shield to protect his wife and daughter as bullets rang out, loved ones say Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:04:25 GMT /firefighters/fundraiser-for-former-pa-fire-chief-who-died-at-trump-rally-nears-1m /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/1-dead-7-injured-when-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-las-vegas-trump-hotel Law enforcement identified the man as a U.S. Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:57:20 GMT /mass-casualty-incidents-mci/1-dead-7-injured-when-tesla-cybertruck-explodes-outside-las-vegas-trump-hotel /legal/ohio-bill-seeks-14-foot-harassment-protection-zone-around-first-responders A former sheriff and a volunteer firefighter created a bill that makes harassing first responders engaged in their lawful duty a first-degree misdemeanor Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:46:15 GMT /legal/ohio-bill-seeks-14-foot-harassment-protection-zone-around-first-responders