Tag Archives: Building Fire

Mother-Daughter Duo Help Evacuate and Calm Residents During Building Fire

Posted on January 11, 2021 by Raphael Poch

Dr. Batya Ludman is a United Hatzalah volunteer in the Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit (PCRU), hailing from Ra’anana. This past Friday afternoon, Batya’s daughter Shayna was at the dentist in Herzliya when she heard loud screaming from an apartment … Continue reading →

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Fighting Fire With More Than EMS

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Raphael Poch

United Hatzalah’s network of first responders provides more than emergency medical services (EMS). While the EMS component of the organization is certainly the flagship project, another service which the organization provides for free is the work of the PSychotrauma and … Continue reading →

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EMTs Puts Out Building Fire

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Raphael Poch

Nuriel Avitan, Yechiel Cohen, Shmuel Aryeh, Yaakov Mazuz, Daniel Souisa and Avi Amar, all volunteer as EMTs with United Hatzalah. Last Tuesday the six volunteers all met during a building fire that erupted in the electrical wiring of an apartment … Continue reading →

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Psychotrauma Unit Treats Casualties, Thanked by Mayor at Building Fire in Jerusalem

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Raphael Poch

On Sunday evening, a building located on Shahal Street, a major thoroughfare of the Givat Mordechai neighborhood in Jerusalem, caught fire. The Jerusalem Fire Department, the Police Department, and United Hatzalah – the national volunteer emergency medical services (EMS) organization … Continue reading →

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