> > > EMSNetwork > Today's Top News > http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/index.shtml > > 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=WM&Date=20021129&Category=NEWS&ArtNo=211290326&Ref=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/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=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=6225140&BRD=1658&PAG=461&dept_id=13665&rfi=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=6224397&BRD=2101&PAG=461&dept_id=417987&rfi=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=12415329&method=full&siteid=50143 > > Ambulance association members look out for one of > their own - Pennsylvania > http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=6230468&BRD=2259&PAG=461&dept_id=455154&rfi=6 > > Poll: Firefighters' public support falls - UK > Public support for firefighters has dropped since > crews began their series of strikes a poll has > revealed. But the YouGov survey for ITN also shows a > growing number of people believe the Government has > handled the dispute badly. > http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/nationalnews/page.cfm?objectid=12415438&method=full&siteid=50100 > > Council launches awards to honour ambulance staff - > Ireland > Emergency medical technicians John Gillespie and > Dessie Murphy attended a ceremony this week to > receive the grateful thanks of the Strabane > community. > http://www.emsnetwork.org/artman/publish/article_65.shtml >
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