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Too many times, warning signs leading to line of duty deaths are overlooked on the fireground, leading to unnecessary tragedies, Montgomery County, Md. Firefighter/Paramedic Erik Gaull told attendees at Firehouse Expo.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation says a state highway first responder rescued a Twin Cities woman and her two children after the mother drove their car off a highway and into a pond.

For the next few weeks, ambulance providers can help influence payment policies.

A suspected natural gas explosion Friday at an industrial plastic-coating shop collapsed part of the building and hurled two workers into the street, killing one and leaving the other in critical condition.

Authorities say eight people are hurt after a Metro Blue Line commuter train and a city bus collided south of downtown Los Angeles.

Fourteen-year-old Kea Rodrigues was trapped between rocks in the Washougal River, and the ice-cold water was up to his chin.

Eddy County Emergency Manager Joel Arnwine is training local emergency response agencies in the new standard of EOC developed by FEMA in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Underwater searchers using sonar found the wreckage of a small medical plane that crashed into Lake Michigan a week ago, officials said Friday.

Relegating a reliance on radios to the past, the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System has turned its ambulances into wireless hotspots, allowing them to transfer data and be more efficient.

Omaha firefighters honored a man on Wednesday for his efforts in helping save his wife's life.

Pets in dozens of towns across the nation are more likely to survive a fire because of the efforts of a young girl.

At least one bear rampaged through a heavily occupied campground Wednesday near Yellowstone National Park.

The Colorado-based company that operates the medical helicopter says the pilot, nurse and paramedic all died.

They're the largest and most rigorous to suggest it isn't necessary to breathe into a victim's mouth in most cases.

Only one emergency vehicle will be dispatched instead of two, depending on the nature of the call.

A mother who died after catching swine flu could have been saved if paramedics had taken her to hospital earlier, her husband claims.

The study detected MRSA in equal proportion among patients coming from another healthcare facility and those coming from non-healthcare sites.

A federal survey of high school students found that more than one in five had taken drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin or Xanax without a doctor's prescription.

A woman who died after she was knocked unconscious during a kickboxing tournament wasn't taken to a hospital for an hour.

Ten people were injured when fireworks were released into a crowd of people during a weekend Pioneer Day celebration, Salt Lake City officials said.