Specialty Vehicles

Austin Paramedics Cope with Downtown Congestion

As the South by Southwest crowds grow larger in the downtown area, paramedics have to struggle to reach those in need of care.

Posted Thursday, March 18, 2010

Daytona Medics Provide Quick Help during Bike Week

Rescue crews have found a unique way to get to the scene faster as roads in Daytona Beach turn dangerous during Bike Week.

Posted Monday, March 8, 2010

Coast Guard Helicopter Returning from Olympics Crashes in Utah

"They (were) flying a low height, and they just kind of banked in the wrong area - didn't really see what was there apparently - and into the pine trees," Bonner said.

Posted Thursday, March 4, 2010

Houston Fire, EMS Remove 400lb Woman

Houston firefighters use a ladder truck to get a 400-pound woman out of her apartment.

Posted Thursday, February 25, 2010

Houston Firefighters Cut Wall to Remove 400 lb. Woman

Dennis Spellman from the Houston Housing Authority says the agency had urged the woman, who uses a wheelchair, to move to a lower level due to health concerns.

Posted Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Virginia Beach Police Department Helicopter Adds to EMS Service

The hope is that 911 Victor Bravo can respond faster, especially when it's already out on patrol, said Ed Brazle, operations division chief for EMS.

Posted Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Search for Victims Continues at Connecticut Plant Blast Site

A dozen or more others were hurt in the blast, which happened as gas lines were being tested. The explosion was so powerful it alarmed residents who heard the boom and felt tremors in their homes miles away.

Posted Monday, February 8, 2010

3 Killed in Medical Helicopter Crash at Fort Bliss

The company said the three crew members on board were the pilot, William Montgomery of Avondale, Ariz., and paramedics John Sutter of Las Cruces, N.M., and Anthony Archuleta of El Paso, Texas.

Posted Sunday, February 7, 2010

Water Rescue Teams Prove Worthy during California Storms

It's a scene that plays out every time it rains heavily in Southern California, where so-called swift water rescue teams have evolved to avert disaster in a desert landscape that can turn a trickle of water into a death trap in just minutes.

Posted Monday, January 25, 2010

Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Receives First Haitian Patients

The nearly 900-foot floating hospital is expected to arrive near Port-au-Prince today. The Comfort left Baltimore on Saturday, carrying about 550 medical staff and about 60 civilian mariners.

Posted Thursday, January 21, 2010