This past Sunday, My small local volunteer Department from LI New York responded to a call for an unresponsive male. The first arriving chief found a male about 30 years old laying on his bedroom floor. His family stated he had been drinking the night before and taken some prescription medications for pain. After examining...Read More
THE AMBULANCE SAFETY AWARENESS PROGRAM AT BALDWIN EMS They say necessity is the mother of invention. And every change or burst of creativity begins with the identification of a problem and the opportunity to do something to fix it. A conference held in southwestern Pennsylvania in October 2005 sparked the creation of one of the...Read More
(FFCC.com Ed. Note: DRIVERS/OFFICERS/FIREFIGHTERS: A clear example on why apparatus just cannot role without all members being secured. This FF has a serious head injury) It’s not uncommon for firefighters to leave the firehall in a speeding vehicle headed to an emergency call without securing their seatbelts, says Kingston’s (Canada) Fire Chief. “You buckle in...Read More
A Florence Township Firefighter struck by a motorist at the scene of a crash he was operating at is doing better, but remains in a Cleveland hospital.Patrick Finnegan, 57, was listed in good condition at Cleveland MetroHealth Medical Center on Wednesday after undergoing surgery to repair an extensive leg injury, according to a hospital spokeswoman....Read More
