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Fire Fighters, Fire Safety, and Hazard Preventions are the main topic on Emergency Live. Read our case reports, stories and opinions regarding the professionals involved in unsafe and hazardous environment with fire and chemical exposures.
Ukraine crisis, firefighters working across Kiev to put out bombing fires
The crisis in Ukraine has also resulted in great pressure on ambulance and fire brigade rescuers, who are forced to deal with the consequences of the bombings: injuries and fires
Firefighter as a vocation: the story of Renard Cox, from the NFL to Richmond firefighters
Renard Cox played for the Jacksonville Jaguars and other leagues before swapping his football helmet for a fire helmet with the Richmond firefighters
Russia, EMERCOM tests floating crawler for firefighters and rescuers
On the occasion of Russia's Science Day, celebrated on 8 February, EMERCOM, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations, presented the most innovative or currently being tested equipment for firefighters and rescuers
Rescuer safety: rates of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) in firefighters
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a disorder listed in the DSM-5 in the chapter on trauma and stress-related disorders
New York, Bronx building fire: 19 dead, firefighters and rescuers at work / VIDEO
A frightening fire broke out in a 19-storey building in the Bronx, New York: so far 19 people are dead, including 9 children
EMERCOM of Russia calls to equip houses with fire detectors
EMERCOM of Russia: “in 2021, fire detection helped save nearly 600 people, including 245 children”
Covid in the USA, Los Angeles decimated in rescuers: 450 firefighters positive to Covid, in crisis…
The new Covid wave is hitting hard even in the USA: in Los Angeles putting the world of emergency and rescue in crisis
UK, Omicron strikes hard even among fire brigades: one third of fire engines unavailable due to…
Firefighters: London has had over a third of its fire engines unavailable as Omicron hits staffing numbers, new London Fire Brigade data shows
Italy: father and son found missing after explosion tragedy in Ravanusa (Ag)
Italy: the final toll of the tragedy in Ravanusa (Ag) is nine dead. Tomorrow there will be public mourning in Agrigento
Italy, explosion in Ravanusa: four buildings destroyed, three dead and six missing
Firefighters worked through the night amidst the rubble in Ravanusa, a small town in the province of Agrigento, where last night an explosion caused by a gas leak destroyed a four-storey building and seriously damaged three other adjacent…