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Alternatives If You Read EMS Tips with Google Reader

Users of the Google Reader, an RSS feed reader from Google, probably know by know that Google Reader will expire in July. I have been using Google Reader for several years to stay up to date on my favorite EMS, Fire, Technology, Politics, and Running blogs. Since the announcement of Google Reader’s demise I have […]

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Paramedic.Alltop App Now Available for the iPad

Paramedic.Alltop.com is an aggregation of feeds from many of the top blogs from EMS bloggers. (note to EMS Blogs director, we should ask Alltop to include the feed for all new EMSBlogs.com blog posts) There is now an iPad app for Alltop that you can use to access Paramedic.Alltop.com and all of the other amazing […]

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10 Assorted Thoughts, Ideas, and Resources Part 1

Within 2 minutes of waking up I drink at least 8 ounces of tap water to immediately fill my tank for the day ahead. Local beer is always better. If you life in Milwaukee, St. Louis, or Golden, Colorado it might take a little effort to identify a true local beer. Walking a dog is […]

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Posts Outside the Service Area: Someone Always Knows

I am convinced that in the workplace any incident of wrong doing – cheating, stealing, etc. – is always witnessed or realized by a co-worker. The part I have never understood is the lengths individuals will go to either pretend what they know is happening is not happening or protect someone that is clearly violating […]

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Read All About It: EMS Newspapers with Paper.li

There are at least three EMS Newspapers, created with paper.li, that organize EMS related Twitter traffic into a daily newspaper style format. Three I know about include: @EMS Blogs Twitter Traffic Daily The EMS-Tweets Daily The EMS-Podcasters Daily Another site that brings together some of the best blogs, EMS newsites, and podcasts is Paramedic.Alltop.com Are […]

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Favorite Firefighting Blogs and Websites

My interests in emergency response are broad. These are blogs targeted to firefighters that I check daily for new content: STATter 911 is Fire and EMS news from veteran reporter Dave Statter. FireGeezer is a combination of news, training content, and commentary led by retired fire captain Bill Schumm. With multiple daily posts this is […]

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Best Sites for Swine Flu News Coverage

There is an overwhelming amount of information being produced and distributed on the web about Swine Influenza A (H1N1). http://swine-flu.alltop.com/ is an aggregation of timely and credible news sources on swine flu (H1N1). The top swine-flu Alltop feeds are from the CDC. CDC.gov/swineflu now redirects to http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/ Remember to visit paramedic.alltop.com for the top paramedic, […]