May 2014

"Nothing endures but change" - the motto of the 11th AIRMED World Congress perfectly reflect the symbiosis from the operational experience in the past, combine with the latest research results from the present for a prosperous future…

Cassie Majestic, MD Kristi L. Koenig, MDPhoto Credit: Tony Coppolino Fire Chief, Fountain Valley Fire Department University of California, IrvineCenter for Disaster Medical Sciences Wildfires are an annual expected disaster in Southern…

Only two days left until the “International Firefighting Team of the year 2013” - the Palermo Fire Department - will start their travel to New York to visit the most well-known firefighting team in the world – the New York…

Toddi Steelman is co-director of the Fire Chasers Project at North Carolina State University and executive director of the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Saskatchewan. As we saw in San Diego recently,…

"A Day in the Life of EMS" is the new videoclip from the Paramedic-rapper Farooq Muhammad, LT in New York City Fire Departement. This video demonstrates some examples of real life emergencies that EMT's and Paramedics respond…

We link here below the new column from David Miliband, president and CEO fo International Rescue Commitee and former foreign secretary of the UK. There will be intensive brainstorming about the future of humanitarian action in the next two…

People's unthinking confidence in airline pilots that at all times do the correct thing, and their expectation in contemporary technology to track down the difficult to get to, possibly will do a rapid fade as well. The flight MH 370 was…

(THE TELEGRAPH) - The families of 23 children who died after they were swept away during Japan’s 2011 tsunami are suing the authorities over their failure to swiftly evacuate pupils. The victims attended Okawa School in Ishinomaki,…

Paramedics are seven times more likely to be injured on the job than the average Australian worker, with many hurt in violent attacks, new research has found. The research's co-author, Professor Brian Maguire from Central Queensland…

The European Commission said on Tuesday that 19 EU states had now offered assistance, with close to 400 relief workers from member countries on the ground. Kristalina Georgieva, EU commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis response, met…