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ITALY, Ragusa - The Chief of Volunteer Fire Department of Ragusa has been arrested after the accusation of being responsible for the wildfires which burnt Sicily, lately. After the investigation, the fact came to light: volunteer…

Around a year ago, the work for the construction of PSAC II was about to finish. Currently, New York City’s second Public Safety Answering Center receives yearly more than 11 million emergency 911 calls.

On April, East Midlands ambulance service has released a recording of a telephone conversation in which a child called 999, affirming that a young girl had been run over by a car and had died. So, an ambulance which was dispatched for…

Victims of crime will receive better and quicker help from police after Microsoft and its partners unveiled the “control room of the future”. The B-APCO Control Room Arena gives officers taking emergency calls more information on who is…

Norway is a fascinating country characterized by multicoloured villages and wild environments. We just wondered how could be providing SAR, water rescue and safety missions in such a land. That's why we interviewed the Northern Norway Joint…

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation-induced consciousness (CPRIC) is a phenomenon that has been described in only a handful of case reports.

Have you ever wondered what could happen if hackers would block or disrupt 911 emergency call system? Perhaps you are about to say it's impossible. However, it would only take 6,000 Smartphones. According to a recent research, which…

DISPATCH is a short film directed by Caleb Hermann and it takes inspiration from a true story. It has been studied to arise awareness on what the dispatchers' job is like and what they do for the community.

St. John Ambulance adopted an integration of iPad and custom apps into its existing dispatch system. This iPad app allows paramedics senting and receiving all patients data in order to do a faster, more accurate and efficient job. During an…

Paramedics' risk of being assaulted exceeds firefighters