CSB Safety Video: Half an Hour to Tragedy - Little Giant Explosion - Ghent, WV
We have previously shared this video. It is important enough to feature it again.Mistakes were made, and they cost human lives. We offer this video, not to lay blame, but to widen the sharing of the...
View ArticlePermit-Required Confined Space Incident and Response
A flash fire erupts in a permit-required confined space -- a hydro-electric plant tunnel. Painters are trapped by fire and smoke from the burning solvent and coatings.Local FD responders are not...
View ArticleIf EMS Won the Lottery…
Over at EMS1.COM Editor-in-Chief Greg Friese has been thinking nice thoughts.He has been pondering how he would administer the winnings of the $700M Powerball jackpot and has come up with an eleven...
View ArticleMissiles in the Ambulance
Some time ago… when I was on one of my EMT-I student ambulance ride-outs, I was observed in my usual practice of belting the cardiac monitor and the trauma bag to the cot. "You dont have to do that,"...
View ArticleWhich EMS Responder well-being category should the industry tackle first?
Choices National peer support hotline for EMTs and paramedics to call. Hands-on training on escaping violent encounters Body armor for every EMS provider Fitness equipment for every EMS station Coach...
View ArticleAustin (TX) PD Link Up With Super Heros at Children's Hospital
We kind of stumbled on to this, but it is great to see people we know doing something that will be long and fondly remembered. Austin Police team up with superheroes (and some turned out to be...
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Zika Virus: Best Get Prepared
The Zika virus isn't new. But, it is becoming seen in some new places and you aren't going to like what you see. Image credit: CDC/J. GathanyYou know those pesky mosquitoes that annoy you when you are...
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Zika Virus (ZKV) Firsts
Countries and territries with active Zika virus transmission Content source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID) and...
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Show us your station or your on-duty ride
Want to show off your station or your on-duty ride? Us too.We're working on a spot to show them off. Take your best shot and send it in to myride@rehabsector.org or mystation@rehabsector.org .Please...
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West (TX) Fertilizer Explosion Investigation USCSB Final Report
Description: CSB Safety Video on the April 17, 2013, fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas, which resulted in 15 fatalities, 260 injuries, and widespread community damage.The...
View ArticleYour Agency's Disaster Family Care Plan SOP
Imagine (or possibly…remember) that an enormous disaster has struck your community.You can visualize your role in how your agency brings order to chaos. But, your attention is divided. Just when your...
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IS-907: Active Shooter: What You Can Do
You could find yourself in an active shooter situation. You could be at work, at a store, restaurant, theater, event or practically anywhere.How you and others respond to the situation can change the...
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2016 Texas EMS Conference
2016 Texas EMS Conference Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Ctr. Dallas, TX Nov. 20-23, 2016http://texasemsconference.com Texas EMS Conference PO Box 100 Hutto, TX 78634 Phone: 512-759-1720 Fax:...
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2016 EMS Today - Feb. 25-27, 2016
Feb. 25-27, 2016 Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MDhttp://www.emstoday.comTags: EMS TodayBaltimore
View ArticleEMS Life Hack - Where did the d#@&* O2 gasket go?
It is 0139 hrs. That's just a few minutes after "zero drunk thirty" and you are in the highway median, working a wreck. But, given the former, most EMS folks could guess the latter.This one is an...
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CDC Contact Lens Wellness Advice Includes Poster
Have you seen the commercial where a woman throws her cleanest dirty contact lens in the toilet and he is tempted to retrieve it?It makes me shudder the same way as when somebody hands you grapefruit...
View ArticleWhen God made Peace Officers
We quoted an excerpt from the following to a colleague, recently, and discovered gaps in our institutional memory. Attributed to the famous and prolific author, Anonymous, we present When God made...
View ArticleCSB Safety Video: Half an Hour to Tragedy - Little Giant Explosion - Ghent, WV
We have previously shared this video. It is important enough to feature it again.Mistakes were made, and they cost human lives. We offer this video, not to lay blame, but to widen the sharing of the...
View ArticlePermit-Required Confined Space Incident and Response
A flash fire erupts in a permit-required confined space -- a hydro-electric plant tunnel. Painters are trapped by fire and smoke from the burning solvent and coatings.Local FD responders are not...
View ArticleIf EMS Won the Lottery…
Over at EMS1.COM Editor-in-Chief Greg Friese has been thinking nice thoughts.He has been pondering how he would administer the winnings of the $700M Powerball jackpot and has come up with an eleven...
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