How Fire and EMS Leaders are Turning Telehealth into a Force Multiplier for Improved...
September 20, 2022 | 1 PM EDT
What if you could turn your fire and EMS crews into force multipliers, empowering them to help reduce healthcare disparities, improve support around behavioral crisis patients, and even bring back and modernize the traditional “house call”? And what if by doing so you could free up much-needed EMS and hospital resources, help make fire and EMS a more integral part of the patient care continuum within their community, and help patients get the care they need faster, more affordably, and more efficiently?
What if you could turn your fire and EMS crews into force multipliers, empowering them to help reduce healthcare disparities, improve support around behavioral crisis patients, and even bring back and modernize the traditional “house call”? And what if by doing so you could free up much-needed EMS and hospital resources, help make fire and EMS a more integral part of the patient care continuum within their community, and help patients get the care they need faster, more affordably, and more efficiently?
Firefighting PPE Evaluations: From Need to Selection
September 14, 2022 | 11 AM EDT
The attendee will walk away with an understanding of the ability for any department no matter how big or small to gain the knowledge, acquire the products, perform the evaluations, and select what their firefighters need and iOS appropriate for them to use in the performance of their duties.
El Paso (TX) Crews Rescue Woman as Car Swallowed by Sinkhole
A Texas woman was rescued from her car moments before it was swallowed up by a sinkhole, according to officials.
Report: Orangeburg (SC) Police May Not Have to Train as Firefighters
The City of Orangeburg is considering doing away with the requirement that police officers also be certified as firefighters.
Deputy Coroner: House Explosion in Southern IN Kills Three
Three people were killed Wednesday when a house exploded in the southern Indiana city of Evansville, authorities said.
50-Year Career Ending for Las Vegas (NV) Fire & Rescue PIO
As Tim Szymanski sat in a meeting room inside Las Vegas Fire & Rescue's headquarters early last week, a trio of firefighters caught wind he was giving away his office mementos and couldn't resist asking what treasures might be available.
FL Firefighter Arrested on 25-Plus Counts of Possessing Child Porn
Polk County sheriff’s deputies arrested 40-year-old Brian Steger on Aug. 7 after an anonymous tip, according to a press release from Polk Sheriff’s Office. Deputies showed up at the Polk County Fire Station #26 in Lake Wales around 9 p.m. that evening.
FL Sheriff: Deputies Fatally Shot Off-Duty Federal Officer
Deputies in the Florida Keys fatally shot an off-duty federal law enforcement officer Wednesday morning in what appears to be a "suicide by cop," officials said.
