Bolton | 12 May 2012 Firefighters in Bolton are being trained by North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) paramedics to become accredited teachers of lifesaving techniques so that they can demonstrate to school children. They were joined by Bolton West MP Julie Hilling at Bolton Central Fire Station on Friday, May 11, 2012, as 16...
Brisbane | 1 May 2012 At a ceremony in Brisbane this morning, 28 firefighter recruits graduated from their training just in time for winter, traditionally the busiest time of year for house fires. Minister for Police and Community Safety Jack Dempsey said 12 people died in house fires in Queensland last winter, making it...
Winchester | 26 April 2012 On Thursday 26 April firefighters from across the country converged on Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service’s Road Safety Centre in Winchester for a one-day conference dedicated to motorbike safety. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) established its motorcycle safety initiative RideSMART in 2010. This groundbreaking project is now into...
Toronto | 23 April 2012 The Sunnybrook Centre for Prehospital Medicine will present Cardiac Save Awards to 650 Toronto firefighters who played roles in the resuscitation of almost 200 cardiac patients who survived to hospital discharge. Between August 2009 and December 2011, Toronto firefighters contributed to the successful resuscitation of 197 patients who were...
Holmeswood Road, Lever Edge, Bolton | 8 Feb 2012 A young couple were rescued by firefighters after a fire in an electrical consumer unit of a block of flats in Bolton. Two crews from Bolton Central and one from Farnworth were called to Holmeswood Road in Lever Edge at 12.25am. The electrical consumer unit...
Seaforth Dock | 27 Jan 2012 Firefighters gave First Aid and oxygen to a man after part of the roof of a grain store warehouse collapsed. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service was called at 10.31am to the structure on Seaforth Dock. Fire crews administered First Aid and gave oxygen to the 35-year-old man who...
West Midlands | 25 Jan 2012 West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) has now begun rolling out First Person on Scene (FPOS) refresher courses to 850 operational personnel at Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service. The Trust struck up a unique partnership with the fire service back in January 2009, where WMAS provided FPOS Intermediate training...
Concord | 10 Jan 2012 The New Hampshire Fire Service & EMS Committee of Merit announces its Annual Awards Program, and again requests the support in recognizing outstanding acts of courage by career, call and volunteer fire and emergency medical service personnel of New Hampshire. This program was initiated in 1986, after the death...
Brinsmead (Cairns) – single vehicle rollover Paramedics and firefighters attend a single vehicle rollover on the corner of Brinsmead Road and Loridan Drive in Brinsmead around 12.15am. Crews arrived to find a 23-year-old woman inside the vehicle. Firefighters worked to free the woman before paramedics treated her for severe head injuries. The woman was...
Engine 221 House | John Stalzer, an iron worker, was helping build a new EMS Station at Metropolitan Avenue and Roebling Street, Brooklyn, on Dec. 13, when he started feeling ill. Moments later, he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. He was having a serious heart attack which, doctors said, only has a three...
