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BY BRYAN MCRAY, ROB LAWRENCE, DAN FELLOWS The Richmond Ambulance Authority (RAA) is an organization embracing the EMS Culture of Safety in every department, from field staff to administrative offices. New employees are told by…

120 days before the 5th Samaritan Contest, we kick off the Year of Youth in First Aid! 2014 will have the motto “Youth Engaged in First Aid – Heroes without Superpowers”. We aim to promote first aid training, particularly…

Frederick M. BURKLE, Jr. Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. James M. LYZNICKI James J. JAMESCenter for Public Health…

The rumors on next debut of Apple in health care market, runs on web from some time. Now, Chinese website Weibo has published on line the appearance of new version of iOS, the 8th of operating system that characterizes the devices with…

They are the US Coast Guard elite corps and have undergone the US Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Training programme in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. This extremely tough academy selects the best rescue swimmers in the world, who are able to…

A historical agreement between Cuba and US concerning joint marine search and rescue. At a meeting of delegations from the two countries, held in Havana, attended by experts and officials, a common document was signed as a first step…

US gas and electricity distributor National Grid launches Emergency Preparedness Month. An awareness campaign directed at its customers providing practical information to deal more effectively and more safely with the type of unprecedented…

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…

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…

International Red Rescue was founded in late 1922 in Moscow at the Fourth World Congress of the Communist International, with the precise aim of creating an organisation of permanent rescue on a juridical, political, material and moral…