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Car ran broadside into the ambulance - North Keizer,
Oregon
A Keizer Fire District ambulance was responding last
Friday to a report of an apartment fire in South
Keizer, but it never made it. Instead, the ambulance
and two medics found themselves in a car accident
just a block away from the fire station.
http://www.emsnetwork.org/ambulance_crashes.htm
Growing by leaps and bounds - Abington, Maine
Fire Chief Malcolm Whiting said if growth continues
at a rapid pace then his department will be in
trouble. If we have to send out a ambulance, two of
our men are gone, leaving only three in the station.
If we have to transport a patient to the ambulance,
those firefighters will be tied up for an hour.
http://www.townonline.com/abington/news/local_regional/abi_newargrowth11292002.htm
Battle of two EMS systems - North Carolina
Members of Union Rescue Squad are continuing their
fight against Pender County's decision to create a
single, countywide EMS system.
http://www.wilmingtonstar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=WMDate=20021129Category=NEWSArtNo=211290326Ref=AR
Strike has strengthened case for joint control
rooms, say emergency planners - UK
The case for joint control rooms for handling 999
calls has been strengthened by their use during the
fire dispute, according to senior police chiefs and
other emergency planners.
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStoryc=StoryFTcid=1037872417233
Storm signals need - Litchfield, Connecticut
Fallen trees blocked roads, power lines fell and the
streets and trees were covered with a thick layer of
ice. The town's emergency services were put to the
test-and passed with flying colors, according to
First Selectman Jerry Zinn.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6225140BRD=1658PAG=461dept_id=13665rfi=6?6
Calendar inquiry clears staff; no Fire-Rescue
Department personnel will be punished - Florida
Five firefighter-paramedics posed for pictures for
the calendar. Three other firefighters were involved
but didn't pose. Of the five who did, four were men
who took off their shirts. The fifth, a woman, wore
a red tank top. They wore fire helmets, red
suspenders and bunker pants, and posed with
extinguishers, axes and a department fire truck.
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/local/4146014.htm
Top FF responder identified in Kent arsons -
Maryland
Neal, who was the top responder last year for the
Chestertown Volunteer Fire Company, and two unnamed
17-year-old Kent boys were the first to be charged
in an investigation that was made public last week.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6224397BRD=2101PAG=461dept_id=417987rfi=6?9
Getting a lesson in train rescue - Champaign,
Illinois
More than a dozen men climbed narrow, twisting
stairs to the upper floor of a sleeping car of the
special Amtrak passenger train at the Champaign
Terminal. It was apparent to everyone how difficult
it would be in a real emergency.
http://www.news-gazette.com/story.cfm?Number=12796
U.S. Launches disaster management E-Portal
The Federal Emergency Management Agency this week
announced the pilot launch of a new Web site billed
as a one-stop portal for disaster preparedness and
response information.
http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_56.shtml
City challenges state's role in 911 case -
Anchorage, Alaska
The investigation concluded that gunshot victim
Patti Godfrey's right to immediate medical care was
violated this summer when she had to wait more than
48 minutes for police and an ambulance after dialing
911. Patti Godfrey, the wife of Glenn Godfrey, the
former head of the Alaska State Troopers slain Aug.
3 in his Eagle River home, was at risk of bleeding
to death herself after she was shot four times.
http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113%257E7249%257E1022368,00.html
U.S. experts question smallpox strategy
Canada's plan to vaccinate just 500 health care
workers against a possible terrorist-spawned
outbreak of smallpox is far too limited and courts
disaster, two U.S experts said yesterday.
http://www.nationalpost.com/national/story.html?id=%7B74112D25-0FC9-431B-8A4B-538BDE6AC6A2%7D
After Carr trial, EMS explains response - Kansas
For nearly two years, questions have lingered about
why three hours passed before Sedgwick County
Emergency Medical Service transported one of four
people fatally shot in a snowy soccer field to a
hospital.
http://www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/4634292.htm
Don't save lives... It's propaganda - UK
The memo suggests that the firefighters are only
offering to help out for propaganda reasons in an
attempt to win public support. In another
development, ambulance chiefs have instructed staff
not to accept help from striking firefighters.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/page.cfm?objectid=12415329method=fullsiteid=50143
