The Fire Department has received licensing for its new state-of-the-art ambulance bus. Just the second of its kind in the region, it’ll be staffed by EMT-paramedics and will be rapidly deployable to all areas of the city and region. It was on standby this week in the aftermath of Hurricane Isaac. Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local_news/article/Ready-to-ride-to-rescue-3832491.php#ixzz25VQhWhaV
Read MoreCLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO JAMESTOWN —According to authorities at the scene, the gate arm that is designed to warn drivers that a train is approaching did not lower. Pinecroft-Sedgefield Fire Department Deputy Chief Jeff Thomas said it “seems to be the case” that the gates did not deploy at the crossing when a man […]
Read MoreFriday, August 3, 2012, a MVA resulted in damage to three utility poles in the 1800 block of E. Highway 243 In Kaufman Texas. The event resulted in loss of 911 service and loss of power to the Sunflower Park Health Care facility. At the time of the event, the facility had a census of […]
Read MoreFour representatives from the Chilean military medical services were in Schertz to look at the city’s Ambulance Bus (AmBus) hosted by Schertz EMS. Represented were physicians from the Chilean Army (2), Air Force (1) and Navy (1). They were guests of the Texas Military Forces to look at the civilian military interaction on disasters and […]
Read MorePrince George’s County Firefighter/Medics remained focused on their assignment early Friday morning, July 20, 2012, despite thinking of the tragedy that occurred earlier that morning. Details about the mass casualty shooting incident in Aurora, Colorado were still emerging as the Prince George’s County, Maryland, Fire/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department prepared for a previously scheduled drill […]
Read MoreCLICK HERE TO SEE VIDEO Omaha, NE — A Monday morning house fire had firefighters pulling double duty. Crews battle flames and work to prevent heat stroke. The fire happened around 8:45 this morning near 31st and T Street. No one was home at the time, crews search the interior before the flames forced them […]
Read MoreWBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) – Josh Stiller, a special operations technician with Medic, gave WBTV an inside look at one of two mass casualty buses in Charlotte. It’s equipped to treat up to 20 patients at a time. “Anything we find on an ambulance we have […]
Read More“Ridgewood emergency workers filed into the 42-foot-long bus and stared in awe at the new type of ambulance — like a hospital-on-wheels for large-scale emergencies — which will be stationed in the parking lot behind Veterans Field this Fourth of July. “Wow, this is a big vehicle,” said one member of Ridgewood Emergency Medical Services […]
Read MoreUpdate, 8 p.m.: It took rescuers nearly an hour to safely remove all of the passengers on a Metro train that derailed Friday afternoon near the West Hyattsville Metro station. The train was traveling toward DC after departing from Prince George’s Plaza Metro Station, when the last three cars derailed, leaving 55 passengers in harms […]
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