General Public Safety News

Scroll the comments on any video posted online, showing firefighters or police officers working. You will likely read multiple instances of folks posting how something is being done wrong. Likewise, there will also be posts about how gear is not being worn or utilised properly.

The Supreme Court’s landmark decision Friday on SSM has already started to ripple through the EMS community. The 5-4 majority decision that SSM is Constitutional under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment drew widespread praise from EMS administrators

Police and Fire chiefs from around the country are reporting record number of vacation requests being put in by their employees. The reason... the US Supreme Court made gay marriage legal and now these employees can get married.

Yesterday kicked off the World Conference of Disaster Management in Toronto. The convention pulls in all the worlds top emergency planners. In an ironic twist, poor planning has cause major issues with the conference, no coffee was ordered.

Years ago many emergency workers used 10-codes to communicate over radio systems. In the wake of some disaster and terror attack responses these codes were abandoned to "normal speak" on radios. Now the federal government wants to bring the codes back.

Over the weekend EMS Blogger Kelly Grayson fired the first shot in what is quickly becoming known as the EMS Civil War. That shot came in the form of a simple Facebook post stating he was going to unlike a number unprofessional EMS Facebook pages.

Earlier this week the first case Ebola in the USA was reported. In response the CDC is recommending that all Americans be confined to house arrest for four weeks to prevent spreading the illness.

With the costs of Emergency Room visits skyrocketing hospital administrators are seeking creative ways to save you money

This issue of gun control is at an all time high. The nation is divided. Half want gun control and half are adamant about the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms. Congress has been stuck in the middle powerless… until now

The so call “botched execution” in Oklahoma last week has once again raised the questions surrounding the Death Penalty here in the US. So lawmakers have decided to bring back the use of the Guillotine.