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VIKING Guardian: Innovative dedication to help reduce the firefighter cancer threat
The 2015 Interschutz exhibition in Hannover, Germany, was the stage for a powerful demonstration that leading fire suit manufacturer VIKING Life-Saving Equipment (VIKING) is able to listen closely and respond quickly to key firefighter…
Wildfire in Washington Report: Winds Shifted Minutes Before Firefighters Killed
Seven minutes after a deputy radioed that the wind from a growing wildfire had shifted direction, dispatchers got a second call: A burn victim needed an ambulance. Five minutes later, another caller said several firefighters were trapped.
California fires: evacuation orders given to 13,000 people
Evacuation orders have been given to 13,000 people in California as firefighters struggle to contain some 20 wildfires.
Some 9,000 firefighters worked throughout Monday in steep terrain and rugged conditions, officials said.
The biggest…
HOLMATRO Extrication Challenge: 29 teams from 16 countries have shown their skills at Interschutz
During this years’ INTERSCHUTZ exhibition from 8-13 June 2015 in Hannover, Germany, Holmatro organized a special edition of the Holmatro Rescue Experience: The 35,000 Euro Extrication Challenge. This 6-day international event is supported…
Thursday at Interschutz 2015: Essential Elements for Fire Rescue
It's not only Firelandia time at Interschutz, the most important exhibition about rescue activity in the world. The fourth day point is around the France presence in Hannover. Bernard Cazeneuve, French Minister of the Interior visit the…
Wednesday Tips for Interschutz 2015: "From Hannover with fire!"
Interschutz, the most important exhibition for fire fighters, rescue and safety in the world, will be the biggest fair in the world at the end of this week, forecast and prevision of the entrance said. Monday was a good day, tuesday was…
Tips and meeting for your second day at INTERSCHUTZ 2015
It has been a wonderful start for Interschutz, the most important exhibition for fire fighters, rescue and safety in the world. Monday was a good day for the trucks and for the biggest exhibitors of vehicles. Tuesday will be focused on…
New York Fire Department Seeks to Expand Medical Duties for Firefighters
Mayor Anne E. McCaffrey said that the City of Lockport will ask the state Health Department this week to let city firefighters perform more medical services on rescue calls than they have been allowed to do since the city abolished its…
Amtrak train derails in Philadelphia. What are EMS providers procedures in case of Mass Casualty…
At least five people are dead and another 50 are in hospital, six of them in critical condition.
This is the balance of a train incident in Philadelphia.
The 188 Regional Train was going from Washington to New York when it derailed in…
Los Angeles County Fire SAR Dogs assisting in Nepal Earthquake Response
Not only human rescuers are helping in Nepal, there are also dogs.
The National Disaster Search Dog Foundation (SDF) is a non-profit governmental organization, founded in 1996 and based in Ojai California.
The mission of this…