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An ambulance driver was using the GPS on her cellphone at the time of a fatal crash on Aug. 15, according to a statement she made to the Ohio Highway Patrol. A patient in the ambulance was killed when the vehicle rolled over at Interstate…

Sometimes getting there is half the battle. In reality the journey is more like one per cent of the battle, but when flights stand between you and your mission, it can feel like the biggest battle of all. I'm five flights into a seven-leg…

China dum will run-off a large amount of water after the terrible flash floods that hits south-east Asia in past days. The Jinghong Dam in China's Yunnan province is nearing capacity due to heavy rainfall, which could lead it to release…

Bosnia-Herzegovina (Associated Press) - One by one, rescue workers pulled 29 miners out of a trouble-plagued coal mine Friday after it had collapsed a day earlier in central Bosnia. Officials halted rescue efforts, believing that five men…

The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) of the Philippines has created a way for rescuers and local citizens to use current technology in preparing and managing for disaster situations. The DOST created Project NOAH, which stands…

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - A Natural Disaster is defined as an events, triggered by hazards of nature, and causing at least 100 deaths or affecting the survival needs of at least 1,000 people. The frequency of intense natural disasters…

Basket stretchers, commonly called "Litters" or "Rescue baskets", are becoming increasingly important around the world.

DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - It's a NGO from Chile the winner of the Risk Award 2014 at the 5th International Disaster and Risk Conference in Davos, Switzerland. The Inclusive NGO face 77 international organization from 44 countries. And this…

The Department for Communities & Local Government in the UK, in collaboration of CFRA (Chief Fire & Rescue Adviser), published in 2012 an interesting guideline for a better organization of the firefighters during an incident…

Accidental hypothermia with or without circulatory arrest: the experience from the Danish Præstø Fjord boating accident in 2011.