first responder

It’s been a busy day. On the way home you notice a small knot of people gathered around a middle-aged person, prostrate on the pavement. The bystanders look uncertain of what to do. Do you stop and help?. Now there's a new app: the…

Shayla Menville from The Morehead News What began as a promising job interview has turned into a living nightmare for Sarah Walling and her husband, Dennis “Pepper” Walling. Sarah says Dennis had found an opening for a security…

"What will an emergency 2.0 resilient community look like?" is the article of Emergency 2.0 who talk over some scenarios of how a resilient community empowered with the knowledge to use social media and web 2.0 tools would recover from an…

Search operation for Malaysia Airlines aircraft continues: here below Update 19 from AMSA (Australian Maritime Safety Authority) Today’s search for any signs of the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft in the Australian Search and…

Today all the Red Cross fans stand in solidarity with millions of volunteers who put their communities first. #REDforSYRIA #withsyria is the hashtag to demonstrate our solidarity. "Stand with us - write Red Cross on the…

GAINESBORO, Tennessee - Keith Bean, an emergency medical services director and Jackson County volunteer firefighter risked his life to save a woman from a burning home. He didn't think twice about running inside despite not having…

US gas and electricity distributor National Grid launches Emergency Preparedness Month. An awareness campaign directed at its customers providing practical information to deal more effectively and more safely with the type of unprecedented…

This year New Mexico’s traditional Southwestern Regional Mine Rescue contest was held in Taos, at the Taos Convention Center. Miners and volunteers from two teams underwent three days of theory and practical tests. A written exam and…

This is the first time that the Hangzhou Emergency Medical Center has hosted this prestigious competition involving top Chinese ambulance drivers. 84 candidates and 28 national teams took part in the event, which was organised by the…

For the first time the BBC will honour on television the heroes of Britain’s Emergency Services in an event, the BBC 999 Awards, which recognises the tireless work they do. Ever since the number 999 came into being, 75 years…