In the Spotlight: Fairfield Fire Rescue, Fairfield, Maine. Department provides EMS and fire suppression for the towns of Fairfield and Benton. Staffing of full-time fire chief, six full-time EMT/firefighters and 20 volunteer firefighters. E-mail your photos to editor@emsworld.com.
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E-mail your vehicle photos...four-wheel, two-wheel, ground & air...to editor@emsworld.com for inclusion in this album. Please include your agency's name and location. Check out Rigs on the Road Part 1 at https://www.facebook.com/media/set/…#
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Your EMS Day: Soccer star David Beckham paid a visit to the Los Angeles County Fire Department this weekend.
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No one was injured in the blaze, but the cab of the ambulance was destroyed.
HYANNIS — An engine fire in a Dennis ambulance Saturday afternoon outside the Cape Cod Hospital emergency entrance is under investigation, said
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"After years of pulling into the drug-store parking lot at Post 8, I went into auto-pilot and pulled into my usual spot and parked. It wasn’t until my date for the evening looked at me and asked if I needed to run into the store that I realized what I had just done."
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  • Ellen Mes I agree with Tim Walker, if SSM is designed for profit by utilizing a minimum amount of units. Yet the cost of vehicle up keep and gas alone is in the tens of thousands with 8 trucks. How is this cost efficient? The joke is on the ems companies who us...See More
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  • Tim Walker System status management has to be the single most abusive tactic yet designed to do nothing but attempt to run a service using the absolute least amount of units one can get away with having. It serves no other purpose; I have been subject to this typ...See More
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Our thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the women killed and also to the responders on scene. Southold Police Chief Martin Flatley said the crash was "one of the worst accidents I've ever seen."
SUV driver fled from scene, but was caught and arrested for DUI.
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Your EMS Day: 33-year-old male climber stuck on a sheer cliff-side rescued by Malibu/ Lost Hills Sheriff's Station SAR team. Team sent several rescuers up the cliff side to stabilize the uninjured climber, awaiting helicopter response. LASD ‪#‎AirRescue5‬ helicopter responded and assisted with a dramatic hoist of the victim and several rescuers off the cliff side. This was one of three calls for Malibu SAR in 24 hours. YTD 2015 72 calls for service.
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Pediatric Procedures Practice and Play Time Pig Lab students practice procedures on a pig heart Friday at Northwest Florida State College where the class was held to teach medical professionals and first responders more about the biology of children through leftover pig parts that had originally been headed for dog food.
NICEVILLE — Sometimes, there is no substitute for hands-on training. Nowhere is that more true than in the medical field. 
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"Given recent increasing numbers of emergency situations involving people with autism, it's important to get the word out about what autism is and how emergency responders can better interact with those who have it," said Autism Speaks Senior Director Melissa Zavorski.
The safest, most effective way to interact with the autistic in emergencies is to first keep them calm.
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  • Marty Hill Cgid bless you Angels of mercy dtay strong and devoted to the HighestvPower. God Yall are the closest n the dire hour God wll help if you just ask. God is in any emergency just call him our abs it wll bettee thqn worst. Angels are you rdy god bless you.
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Check out these incredible photos showing Indianapolis firefighters rescuing a stray dog trapped in the rim of a tire.
Indianapolis Firefighters from Stations 5 and 14 rescued a dog this evening after the animal got its head stuck in the rim of a tire. At approximately 5:15 pm ...
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"The prompt delivery of bystander CPR is one of the key ways to improve survival from SCA, but there are huge disparities in CPR training. We decided to take an innovative approach to broaden access to CPR training." -Dr. Benjamin Abella
The Mobile CPR Project was created to increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest in Hartford, CT.
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