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A high school senior in Ohio is facing felony charges after officials at the technical school he was attending for firefighter training searched his vehicle and found a pocketknife. The young man's future and his dreams of serving the…

Beirut - In Lebanon, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) has launched its first series of training workshops addressing the field of mental health. The workshops are scheduled to take place from April 2014 to April…

BY BRYAN MCRAY, ROB LAWRENCE, DAN FELLOWS The Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) is an organization embracing the EMS Culture of Safety in every department, from field staff to administrative offices. New employees are told by…

120 days before the 5th Samaritan Contest, we kick off the Year of Youth in First Aid! 2014 will have the motto “Youth Engaged in First Aid – Heroes without Superpowers”. We aim to promote first aid training, particularly…

They are the US Coast Guard elite corps and have undergone the US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Training programme in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. This extremely tough academy selects the best rescue swimmers in the world, who are able to…

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…

The dream of a tour aboard the world’s most cutting-edge fireboat could come true for a firefighting team. IVECO MAGIRUS is on the look-out for the best firefighting squad in the world for the Conrad Dietrich Magirus Award: all…

International Red Rescue was founded in late 1922 in Moscow at the Fourth World Congress of the Communist International, with the precise aim of creating an organisation of permanent rescue on a juridical, political, material and moral…

An exercise involving pilots of the HMS Search and Rescue turned into a real rescue operation. On a two-day training exercise in the picturesque Cowal Peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, the crew were accompanied by photographers from the…

Sierra Rescue is located in Taylorsville, California, and is specialised in the training of rescuers for extreme conditions. Courses deal with rescue in swift water, wilderness areas, rope training and rescue involving animals. Bespoke…