All, Hopefully, you saw all the information put out this past month by the IAFF and FCSN. January, Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month is now behind us. So because of that, we want to please follow up on these 2 simple but important requests. 1-The one action that all the major fire service organizations are asking… that you and your members...Read More
Alachua County residents were placed at “great risk” Sunday morning after the county’s trunked radio system, the communications system used by first responders during emergencies, “became inoperable” following an “electrical power failure” at a site in northwest Gainesville. In an email sent Tuesday afternoon by Alachua County Fire Rescue Chief Harold Theus to Gainesville Regional...Read More
“Should we go or not?” That was what my husband and I debated as black smoke, ash, and embers started to fill my Los Angeles neighborhood. Our backyard looked apocalyptic because we were situated between two aggressive fires. We weren’t told to evacuate, but things didn’t look good, as neighborhoods all around us were on...Read More
NEW YORK — Mark43, the leading mission-critical public safety platform, today announced the results of a U.S. national survey of first responders, revealing strong support for AI adoption, concerns about cybersecurity and a growing demand for cloud-native, data-driven, and interoperable computer-aided dispatch (CAD) and records management systems (RMS) to improve efficiency and public safety outcomes....Read More
LONDON — If your pet alligator escapes, don’t call for an ambulance — unless it has sunk its teeth into someone. That’s the message from the Welsh Ambulance Service in a plea to get people to stop phoning with non-emergencies. With public health services stretched thin in the U.K., there is no shortage of anecdotes...Read More
A medical jet transporting a child who had just completed treatment for a life-threatening condition, her mother and four others crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireball that engulfed several homes. Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, which operated the Learjet 55, said in a statement: “We cannot confirm any...Read More
