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Safety Tips

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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Operations

Scene Protection and Security: Three Things Tuesday

Did you read the widely circulated article last week, Mystery Bystander Infiltrates Incident Delaying Extrication and Nearly Killing Vehicle Driver? You might have missed that headline because the story was alternatively, more optimistically, about a mystery guardian angel that appeared from nowhere to pray with the accident victim. Responders were stunned when the mysterious person […]

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EMS Tips

Q1 2013 EVENT Reports Posted

I hope you can take a few moments to read the near miss and incident reports your EMS colleagues are sharing with the EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool. Learn more about EVENT on episode 164 of the EMSEduCast podcast. I received this email update on the 1st Quarter 2013 reports: We have posted the summary […]

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Safety Tips

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 […]