As if fire-based EMS doesn’t have enough issues with its name brand of service delivery, I want to tell you about two new challenges. read more

For years, departments have struggled with events that require EMS providers to provide care across state lines. Public safety doesn’t stop at the state line, so why should the ability of personnel providing this service stop here? read more

Performance metrics help to establish expected performance levels. Without them, organizations may drift along with no perception of quality performance. Without substantiating data, any perception they do have is ultimately just an opinion. read more

When medical devices fail and death or serious injury occurs, your department is required to report it. This article tells you how. read more

This year for EMS Week, we’ve developed a BHAG—a Big Hairy Audacious Goal—to train 1 million people in North America with compression only CPR. read more

There are multiple service-delivery models employed all across the United States. Depending on the area or territory served, government structure, political climate and available funding, each model alternative has its place. read more

In the past, many people were transported in cars rather than ambulances. How many over the years died because no one opened an airway, no one suctioned vomit or blood from an airway? How many removed from car crashes without proper immobilization? read more

Three of the largest names in emergency medical services aim to train people in bystander CPR during World CPR Challenge, May 21-27 read more

We know change is inevitable: we deal with it daily, in both our profession and our personal lives. Most of us know we should embrace it and make it work for us, not against us. Today, we face an environment of significant change. read more

The IAFC EMS Section, in partnership with Physio Control, is excited to open the nomination process for the 2017 Heart Safe Community Awards. read more

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) urges all first responders to join in a COVID-19 Firefighter Survival Informational Stand Down. read more

FEMA has webinars scheduled throughout the month of January to help fire departments develop applications for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) and Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency Response (SAFER) grants read more

The environment firefighters work in today has many ingredients for educational success, which is a game-changer from the fire station decades ago. read more