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FEMA Releases Wildfire Evacuation Table Top Exercise Starter Kit

NVFC

Materials provide planning considerations and discussion questions relating to planning, physical protective measures, critical transportation, and public information and warning. Download the starter kit here.

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Vehicle Drives Into Crowd in Los Angeles (CA), Injuring 30 People

JEMS

Adam Van Gerpen, public information officer for the Los Angeles City Fire Department. Victims were transported to local hospitals and trauma centers, according to Capt. At least three were in critical condition after being injured along Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood, the Fire Department said in a statement.

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School Bus and Tour Bus Collide in PA; Three Injured

JEMS

Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Anthony Petroski III, public information officer for Troop N, said the accident was initially reported just before 9 a.m. It happened in the southbound lanes of the highway at mile marker 10.1 in Coolbaugh Township.

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The Evolution of Patient Load Balancing: The Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council

Pulsara

Trauma Service Areas, or TSAs) and Regional Advisory Councils (RACs, which are non-profit and tax-exempt) who develop regional EMS plans, provide related public information, provide a forum for EMS providers and hospitals to discuss TSA issues and network with other RACs, and track related data.

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Jennifer McIntyre

FirstNet Authority

In 2002, Jennifer transitioned to the Broomfield Police Department in Colorado where she dispatched and served as an Emergency Medical Coordinator, Communications Training Officer, Public Education Coordinator, and Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) Project Lead.

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EMS WEEK 2020: Aftermath

The Overrun

We need public information officers to take an active role in selling our profession. No one knows what we do, because no one can explain it. And stop throwing, “But, HIPAA”. We don’t need to give out names and addresses, (unless they’re OK with it). We just need to share our world a little bit.

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