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Video: The roadway is a hot zone

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Response to historic landmarks, churches, schools and other mass gatherings

Your jurisdiction likely does not have a building as old or as historic as the Notre Dame cathedral, but it is sure to have buildings of local importance that need preplans. Read my Rapid Response to the Notre Dame cathedral on FireRescue1.com Rapid Response: Historic landmark fires are a tactical and emotional challenge for firefighters

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Does Reducing Minor Injuries Lead to Less Major Injuries?

No. According to this article, “Reducing Minor Injuries Does Not Translate to Reduction in Serious Injuries and Fatalities.” This short summary blew up one of my long held risk management beliefs that building a culture of safety that strives to prevent all injuries and a system of near miss reporting that identifies near misses that […]

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Vehicles are Paramedic Seeking Missiles – Watch OUT!

This article from EMS1.com recaps a session at EMS Today about Roadside Safety for emergency responders. My top roadside safety tip is to consider every moving vehicle to be a paramedic seeking missile. With that mindset you will: 1. Minimize time spent exposed on a roadway. 2. Always be defensive in parking locations and travel […]

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Video: Baseball Grip Release

This video demonstrates how to escape when an assailant grabs your arm. The NAEMT Safety Course teaches that since more than 50% of EMS professionals report being assaulted in some form on the job that we are obviously entering and working in unsafe scenes. Learning simple escape techniques is an important safety practice for EMS […]

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Put Yourself in our Boots Campaign

Thanks to reader Ian Wilson for submitting this press release about the Put Yourself in Our Boots campaign. Put Yourself in Our Boots PSAs, safety video and website highlight workplace safety campaign; urge people to make life-saving changes Calgary, AB – Turn off the lights, trigger the alarm and put yourself in the boots of […]

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Nobody Cares About Your Safety …

More than you care about your safety. The long standing failure of Congress to vote on healthcare for emergency responders that become sick after working at the site of the World Trade Center collapse was finally rectified when the Senate passed a the important measure to provide healthcare and additional compensation funding. The debate is […]

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The First Few Moments: Making the Scene Safer

This is a guest post by creator of the First Few Moments training program Kyle David Bates. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. As you roll-up on the scene of a motor vehicle crash you look through your windshield. “Hmm, 2 cars head-on. Driver in car one […]

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Office Hours Podcast: Cold Weather Ops Episode 6

Join Jim Hoffman and me for episode six of the EMS Office Hours podcast. We discussed cold weather operations and our tips and tricks for safe response when there is lots of snow on the ground. Morgan Lawrence author of The Streets Ran Red called in and gave his take on pre-planning and how that […]

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Video: Driving while Distracted

January 24 video from NBC news about the hazards and sobering statistics of driving while distracted. According to the report 28% of all crashes in 2008 are attributed to cell phone use – with or without hands free devices. Even though a the Wisconsin State Assembly recently passed its version of a No Texting and […]