Monday, December 1, 2008
EMS
New Fire-Based EMS Web Site
The Fire Service-Based EMS Advocates released a new Web site to provide information about the mission of the group and to educate decision-makers about the important role of fire service-based EMS in communities throughout the nation....
Ambulance Siren Uses Vibrations
In Oklahoma, the Emergency Medical Services Authority has equipped one ambulance with a new Howler siren that emits low-frequency tones, as well as sirens, that penetrate objects such as cars with vibrations within 200 feet to alert drivers....
Conference Covers Emergency Worker Stress
At the second International Road Traffic Accident and Reconstruction Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, a session was devoted to discussing the effects of trauma among police, paramedics and firefighters, as well as the right and wrong ways to handle it....
Department Tests Paramedic Response System
Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada) Fire Department will spend the remainder of the year testing a new system to stop fully trained paramedics from attending low-priority emergency calls....
New Chief Hires in Virginia and Montana
Edward Loy Senter, Jr. becomes fire chief of Chesterfield County (Va.) Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services. J. Thomas Kennelly will replace Dave Sipe as chief of the Whitefish (Mont.) Fire Department. ...
Memphis F.D. Teaches Paramedics
The Memphis Fire Department received accreditation as a paramedic education program from the Tennessee Department of Health Division Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board....
Competition Breeds Service Excellence
[ Bruce Evans ]
There is danger in resting on laurels, and the lack of desire to compete or strive to be the best is propagating more apathetic firefighter/paramedics and bringing more scrutiny on fire-based EMS....
NVFC: Push Senate on SAVES Act
Senator Casey is attempting to have the SAVES Act included as part of an economic stimulus package that Congressional Democrats are hoping to pass before Congress adjourns, likely for the last time this session, at the end of September. ...
Oshkosh Promotes Two Execs
Thomas D. Fenner has been promoted to the newly created position of executive vice president of global manufacturing services for Oshkosh. Simultaneously, Wilson R. Jones has been promoted to executive vice president and president of the fire and emergency segment....
Front of the Line
By P.J. Norwood Jr.
As the initial first responders, dispatchers directly affect the outcome of an emergency. Train them in crisis communication techniques. ...
Mesa Earns Equipment Through Research Study
Zoll will loan 37 12-lead electrocardiogram monitors for two years, while the Mesa (Ariz.) Fire Department uses the equipment to ensure that cardiac chest compressions are performed correctly. ...
Orcutt Fire Department Closes
The Orcutt (Calif.) Volunteer Fire Depart has closed after 80 years and merged into the Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District....
Patient Data Care Boosts EMS Worth
[ Bruce Evans ]
As budgets tighten, fire and EMS organizations will starve or thrive based on their ability to demonstrate their worth and effectiveness to the community....
Merged Fire and EMS
By David Foster
Running separate agencies was costly and ineffective; the savings and improved service more than offset the growing pains. ...
Winning the Fuel Gamble
By Brian A. Crawford
Rising fuel costs are hitting the fire service and forcing changes in consumption habits. ...
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