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EMS1 Top Articles
- Funding helps Pa. EMS continue to expand April 6, 2025VMSC-Emergency Medical Services is expanding its reach and seeking stable funding from local towns, using $750,000 in community contributions to support growing emergency needs
- Experts highlight National Weather Service vacancies as a risk in forecasting severe weather April 6, 2025More than 40% of National Weather Service field offices are critically understaffed, raising concerns about timely storm warnings as deadly tornadoes and flooding
- Mich. ambulance service keeps up with rising standards in recent reaccreditation April 5, 2025Emergent Health Partners has been reaccredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services, recognizing its commitment to high national standards across emergency services
- La. medical helicopter team focuses on care amid 'unorganized chaos' April 5, 2025Acadian Air Med’s flight nurses and paramedics bring critical care to the skies, balancing high-tech equipment, calm under pressure and compassion in tight quarters
- Understanding compensated vs. decompensated shock April 4, 2025Learn the key differences, signs and symptoms of compensated and decompensated shock to improve prehospital recognition and response
- 3 things we are watching at FDIC 2025 April 4, 2025How will the future of EMS and fire be impacted by federal government change, force multiplier technology and a new frontier for trauma patient care
- Exhausted and overworked: The fatigue crisis in EMS April 4, 2025If you’ve ever worked tired, driven drowsy, or taken one shift too many, this one’s for you
- Fla. hospital renovates ambulance bay to hold 13 rigs at a time April 4, 2025With a new 13-bay expansion, Orlando Health Bayfront, Pinellas County’s only Level II trauma center, is now better prepared to handle mass emergencies, easing ambulance backups
- Maine EMS crews face long transports, increased costs after hospital closure April 4, 2025The closure of Northern Light Inland Hospital is straining emergency services in Waterville, raising concerns that the region’s already-stretched mutual aid system could be pushed to its limit
- Mich. city considers dropping private service for fire-based EMS April 4, 2025Troy officials are weighing a $4 to $5 million plan to launch city-run EMS, arguing it could cut response times and reduce long-term costs
NIST Live Feed
- 5x5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit June 3, 2025REGISTER NOW 5x5 ― the confirmation of a strong and clear signal ― and the place to make your voice heard and drive public safety communications forward. In 2025, the FirstNet Authority and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public
- Staff Spotlight - Dr. Brittany Stinger March 10, 2025We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Brittany Stinger to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellow in the Flammability Reduction Group of the Fire Research Division (FRD). Dr. Stinger
- PFAS Found in Firefighter Gloves, Hoods and Wildland Gear December 17, 2024The amount of PFAS in each sample varied greatly, so it may be possible to design gear that reduces exposure.
- AI Can ‘Hear’ When a Lithium Battery Is About to Catch Fire November 14, 2024NIST researchers have trained AI to detect the telltale sound even in noisy environments.
- New Smoke Alarms Are Better at Detecting Fires but Still Beep for Bacon September 18, 2024NIST research in a kitchen fire laboratory shows that updated smoke detectors still produce nuisance alarms during cooking.
- 2024 NIST-NSF Disaster Resilience Research Symposium August 20, 2024In cooperation with the National Science Foundation, the Engineering Laboratory at NIST, Gaithersburg, is proud to host the 7th annual symposium featuring the Disaster Resilience Grant Research Program recipients on August 20 and 21, 2024. This
- 5x5: The Public Safety Innovation Summit June 25, 20245x5 ― the confirmation of a strong and clear signal ― and the place to make your voice heard and drive public safety communications forward. In 2024, the FirstNet Authority and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Public Safety
- John W. Lyons, Who Led NIST in Times of Great Change, Dies at 93 April 11, 2024Lyons served as director of NIST from 1990 to 1993 and guided the organization as its mission expanded in support of U.S. industry.
- Wear and Tear May Cause Firefighter Gear to Release More ‘Forever Chemicals’ January 16, 2024Are firefighters at risk of increased exposure to cancer-causing chemicals in their protective clothing?
- NIST Researchers Develop Standards to Help Eliminate ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Firefighting Foams September 18, 2023These foams contain chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that have raised environmental and health concerns.