Specialty Vehicles

Virginia Medevac Service Seeks Help

Nightingale plans to exchange its 23-year-old aircraft for a new helicopter in 2011 at a cost of $7 million.

Posted Thursday, October 8, 2009

South Carolina Medical Helicopter Crash Kills Three

The crash occurred more than seven months after a four-day public hearing into the safety of air ambulance flights. One day before the crash, the NTSB issued 21 recommendations to help improve safety.

Posted Monday, September 28, 2009

10 Die in Southeast Floodwaters

Most deaths were from drowning when cars were swept off roadways. Authorities released a 15-minute 911 call of a storm victim's last moments. Seydi Burciaga, 39, screamed to a dispatcher as water rose to her neck. The dispatcher advised her to try to break a window, but she couldn't.

Posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Seagrave Truck POD System

This truck and POD system was built by Seagrave (fire and specialty apparatus manufacturer). The special PODS are loaded and unloaded like custom container and refuse trucks.

Posted Monday, September 21, 2009

Woman Rescued from Remote Maryland Trail

U.S Park Police and members of the Montgomery County Fire Department worked together on Sunday to rescue a woman who was injured in a remote area of Great Falls.

Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Iowa Medical Helicopter Hit by Fire Truck

A medical helicopter responding to an accident in southeast Iowa has been grounded after it was hit by a fire truck.

Posted Wednesday, September 2, 2009

LifeFlight Reaches Two New Maine Hospitals

The helipads around the state will cut at least 30 minutes, and as much as three hours, from transport times of patients taken hospital-to-hospital statewide, Judge said. They streamline critical care and make it safer.

Posted Thursday, August 20, 2009

New Hampshire EMS Dept. Leases Chase Vehicle

The SUV will be used primarily for responding to medical calls during weekends, when EMS serves as the first response team for on-campus emergency calls.

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009

Hurricane Amy Drill Tests Responders

The North Carolina Division of Emergency Management says this practice was made possible because of federal grant funding. This is the first time the state has put on a practice this large.

Posted Friday, August 14, 2009