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    The Firehouse.com EMS product category is a collection of information, product listings and resources for researching various EMS and firefighter supplies and equipment, including stretches, oxygen therapy, EMS bags and equipment, bodily fluid protection, AEDs, defibrillators, backboard and patient treatment options.
    paramedic administered whole blood Scott Egan Orange County Florida Fire Rescue Department
    EMS

    EMS: The Life-Saving Role of Prehospital Whole Blood

    Scott Egan
    Feb. 14, 2025
    Sean Egan provides the ins and outs, including specialized equipment, of a fire-based EMS program that saved the life of 50 patients in nine months.
    IAFF
    According to the FIRST Center, which tracks media coverage of such incidents, assaults on fire fighters and EMS providers are on the rise.
    Safety & Health

    Fire and EMS Responders Learning Tactics to Prevent Violent Attacks on the Job

    International Association of Fire Fighters - IAFF
    Feb. 5, 2025
    The two courses are a collaborative effort between the IAFF and Drexel University’s FIRST Center.
    15-year-old boy rescued by FDNY firefighters in Queens after leg pierced by metal spike from fence
    Technical Rescue

    FDNY Crews Use Band Saw to Cut Fence that Impaled Teen

    Feb. 5, 2025
    The teen, with the fence still impaled in his leg, was transported to a hospital where the wrought iron posts were removed, FDNY officers said.
    Here's the latest as investigations continue into both DC and Philadelphia plane crashes
    Operations & Training

    Medical Jet Crash Affected more than 300 Philadelphia Houses

    Feb. 4, 2025
    The death toll that officials said may rise includes six on the Learjet and one in a vehicle.
    City of Lynn, MA Fire Department/Facebook
    Lynn Lt. Joel Abreu
    Leadership

    Lynn, MA, Lieutenant's Situational Awareness Cited in Saving Fire Recruit

    Susan Nicol
    Feb. 4, 2025
    Seeing the recruit was unsteady while leaving the burn building, Lynn Fire Lt. Joel Abreu was ready with an AED when he arrested.
    Three youths dead after West Bloomfield house fire
    Operations & Training

    Three Youths Killed in West Bloomfield, MI, House Fire

    Feb. 3, 2025
    West Bloomfield firefighters located and transported the victims, 16, 15 and 12 to a hospital where they were pronounced dead.