By Joe Charlaff
The air is filled with smoke. The rattle of gunfire echoes all around. The sound of hovering helicopters overhead. Medical teams race...
The United Kingdom’s Emergency Services Mobile Communications Program (ESMCP) will replace the communication service currently delivered by Airwave, which was criticized following the July...
Ahead of Independence Day celebrations: Safety regulations published by the Israeli MDA medical emergency service and the Israel Fire Fighting and Rescue Authority.
Ahead of...
A new guide covers readiness and response to violent incidents in medical facilities.
Violence at hospitals is a common phenomenon. Hospital environments are naturally full of tension,...
Two farm workers, badly burned
A child's hand stuck in a gate, with several fingers severed
A traveler in the Judea desert suffering a heart attack
These...
The U.S Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed rules to help emergency responders better locate wireless 911 callers. The proposed rule changes stem partly...
Almost every winter people find themselves in many countries trapped after a snow avalanche.
In the search for those buried beneath the snow, every second...
Following the recent storm the MDA (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) intends to acquire snow-plowing kits to be installed on the...
This week in Jerusalem: The MDA's (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) new emergency medical care motorcycles started making their rounds. The...
A recent tragedy like what took place in Newtown, Connecticut where 20 elementary school children and six adults were killed by a mentally disturbed...
Eurocopter’s EC135 will perform medical airlift duties throughout Turkey with a fleet of 17 helicopters to be flown by the Turkish Aeronautical Association’s THK...
Canadian government procurement specialists are scrambling to release a bid package to industry for a multibillion-dollar military search-and-rescue (SAR) aircraft after a scathing report...
Explosive devices are the most common weapons used by terrorists. The damage inflicted in recent events in India, Pakistan, Spain, Israel, and the United...