An EMT I can now earn $32,844 working on Honolulu, as posts have opened on the sunny island. With 18 percent of Honolulu’s emergency medical technician and paramedic positions vacant, the capital of the Hawaii islands has decided to start paying people to learn the job.
In July, the city will begin a certification program for […]
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Seven local Iraqi firefighters shared a momentous occasion as they graduated from the Ali Base basic firefighter skills course.
The 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services flight firefighters put on a six-day training course to train Iraqi firemen of varying experience levels, from a province in nearby An Nasiriyah.
“Our Air Force firefighters are […]
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Rapid City, South Dakota — Dr. Reuben Bareis, a retired internal medicine geriatrics physician, is on a mission to educate the public about a new state law that may help people die with dignity.
At nearly 80 years old, the Rapid City man wears a bracelet that alerts emergency medical service providers, hospitals and other medical […]
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After being overwhelmed a month ago, state officials positioned hundreds of firefighters, trucks and planes at strategic staging areas in a bigger-than-usual mobilization that probably saved homes and lives when a wildfire broke out in Malibu over Thanksgiving weekend.
Fifty-three homes were lost, but officials said it could have been worse if not for the preparations […]
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A specially outfitted twin-engine turboprop plane is set to make its first flight as Indiana’s only fixed-wing air ambulance service.
From a hangar on the lonely back side of Indianapolis International Airport, Hal Blank and his three-member volunteer flight and medical crew are scheduled Saturday to leave Indiana for Chicago, pick up two patients and take […]
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Woonsocket companies arriving on scene were confronted with a heavy smoke condition and after ventilating.
