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Emergency Live is the only multilingual magazine dedicated to people involved in rescue and emergency. As such, it is the ideal medium in terms of speed and cost for trading companies to reach large numbers of target users; for example, all companies involved in some way in the equipping of specialised means of transport. From vehicle manufacturers to companies involved in equipping those vehicles, to any supplier of life- saving and rescue equipment and aids.

Ambulance

New type of ambulance introduced in Montana

Missoula, Montana – As of a few days, first responders can now be seen riding in brand new vehicles that you would expect to see cruising the roads in Europe, not in the States. Missoula Emergency Services has introduced two…
News

New helicopter rescue service in Israel

A new helicopter rescue service is now operating in the Eilat region of Israel. The Road Safety Authority has activated this service to reduce the time it takes to arrive on the scene and transport seriously injured casualties of road…
News

The world's greatest firefighting team

The dream of a tour aboard the world’s most cutting-edge fireboat could come true for a firefighting team. IVECO MAGIRUS is on the look-out for the best firefighting squad in the world for the Conrad Dietrich Magirus Award: all…
Ambulance

Series of collisions shocks eastern England

60 casualties, 130 vehicles involved. A huge series of crashes caused disruption to the Isle of Sheppey, off the coast of Kent, in the east of England. Since 2006 the island has been connected to the mainland by a bridge 1.25 kilometres…
Ambulance

Drunken man jumps from moving ambulance

WERNERSVILLE, Pennsylvania. – During the early hours of Saturday morning, a drunken man fromWernersville jumped out of the back of an ambulance in the Upper Macungie district. Michael Fair was being taken by Kutztown EMS from Kutztown…
Stories

Specialist teams at work to recover dead bodies

Rescuers know it well: by doing what we train for, we can profoundly affect the lives of people that we, in all likelihood, will never see again. Less obvious are the unseen effects that extend far into the future. Let’s find out with…
News

8,300 firefighters in California's Yosemite Park inferno

A wildfire of apocalyptic dimensions is threatening the Yosemite National Park in the USA. The flames may have been started naturally by a lightning strike in a hard-to-reach part of the park. The blaze has already devoured over 60,000…
News

Bus overturns near Los Angeles: rescue teams at work

55 passengers were injured when the charter casino bus they were travelling in overturned. The accident happened on the Interstate 201 in the county of Irwing, near Los Angeles. Exactly what happened is still unknown: according to witnesses…
News

Ferry carrying 831 people sinks in central Philippines

A passenger ferry has sunk off the coast near the post of Cebu, in the central Philippines, after colliding with a cargo ship. With 831 passengers and crew members on board, the ferry took less than ten minutes to sink after the impact. The…
Equipment

GeoResQ, a mountain safety app

The speed of intervention is a determining factor in the success of mountain rescue. The Italian National Mountain and Caving Rescue Corps (Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (Cnsas)), in collaboration with the Italian…
Of interest

Emergency rescue à  la Cypress Hill

http://youtu.be/R8lahz6guQM It’s a well-known fact that music has beneficial effects on mood. In the video by Cypress Hill, one of the best-known US hip-hop groups, in collaboration here with British DJ Roni Size, the rescue team…
Stories

The nightlife of a US firefighter

The alarm rings at 2.30am and the firefighters at Station 39 Fire Department jump out of bed, scramble into their uniforms and dash to the truck that will carry them to the location of the emergency. For the on-call firefighters of the…
Of interest

Home first aid kit: work of professional designer

The London designer Gabriele Meldaikyte has revisited the packaging of a home first aid kit with the aim of making it easier to use properly. The kit is divided into 3 sections, each for the treatment of the small injuries that typically…
Ambulance

Routine exercise turns into a life-saving operation

An exercise involving pilots of the HMS Search and Rescue turned into a real rescue operation. On a two-day training exercise in the picturesque Cowal Peninsula in the Scottish Highlands, the crew were accompanied by photographers from the…
Equipment

Mine rescue training in Taos, New Mexico

This year New Mexico’s traditional Southwestern Regional Mine Rescue contest was held in Taos, at the Taos Convention Center. Miners and volunteers from two teams underwent three days of theory and practical tests. A written exam and…
Stories

Oklahoma: storm chaser dies

45-year-old Tim Samaras, better known as "the storm chaser" died last week, swallowed by a twister that scooped him up with the power of a 260-kmh wind; the scientist was killed with his 20-year-old son and a friend, Carl Young, who were…
Ambulance

Slovenia: 'ambulance compilation' not-to-be-missed!

Slovenia is the former Yugoslav country that seemed to have best absorbed its new geo-political formation since the 1992 war and most people thought it was one of the European countries that had made real economic progress in recent times.…
Equipment

Scoop Exl, innovative high-quality Ferno stretcher

Scoop Exl is one of Ferno’s most important products. An exceptional stretcher able to hold the patient safely in a variety of situations and above all capable of providing absolute comfort thanks to its scoop shape, which adapts…
Ambulance

Ambulances in New York, round-up of pictures

Being a paramedic in the US is a proper job, and so anyone working in emergency rescue in the United States is always a paid professional. In Italy, however, we all know that the situation is slightly different, as only very few members of…
Health and Safety

Caution with selenium

In recent years selenium has been used to prevent various types of heart disease, butaccording to research carried out by a group of cardiologists from the University of Warwick (UK), there is no proof of its beneficial effects. According…
Health and Safety

Pros and cons of circumcision

Is circumcision useful? What is it used for and why? This is a question that hasn't found yet an unanimous answer. After the statements of the American Academy of Pediatrics, it didn't take much for the counter-statements, moreover…
Stories

The world's most expensive car crash

What is considered to be the world’s most expensive car crash took place in Japan in December 2011. Well, let’s say that it was expensive in terms of the value of the vehicles involved, as nothing is dearer than the life of a…
Civil Protection

How unprepared are you for an earthquake?

An earthquake is a sudden, rapid shaking of the earth caused by the breaking and shifting of rock beneath the earth’s surface. Earthquakes strike suddenly, without warning, and they can occur at any time of the year, day or night.…