METTAG tags are made of waterproof, fire-resistant, and chemical-resistant synthetic paper that won’t fail in extreme conditions. Fire departments, wildland teams, and emergency planners across the ...

Dennis and Ken Ortiz are in the business of disaster. The Ortiz brothers, both captains for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, run a small business that provides tools emergency crews can use to ...

NASHVILLE -- Disaster Management Systems, Inc., the nation’s leading supplier of disaster preparedness solutions, announced the availability of a new e-learning course for S.T.A.R.T. triage. The ...

Custom patient IDs and wristband scanning will enable seamless response across organizations during stress events BOZEMAN, Mont., April 27, 2022 — Pulsara, the leading mobile telehealth, communication ...

Imagine working in an environment where more than 50 languages are spoken. How would first responders communicate with the victims during an emergency? In February 2004, this was an issue for more ...

The decontamination shower door opens. A man in a beige hazmat suit and neon orange rubber boots steps out and motions for the emergency crew to bring forward the teenage patient on the gurney.

There’s a small piece of paper at the new National September 11 Memorial Museum with my name scrawled across the top. Underneath my name, in black ballpoint pen, it says: Abd pain; Diff breathing; ...