Tag Archives: Fire
Fighting Fire With More Than EMS
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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Tagged Building Fire, EMS, EMT, Fire, Israel, Jerusalem, PFA, Psychotrauma, Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit, PTSD, United Hatzalah
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Precautions For a Safe Lag Ba’Omer
Lag Ba’omer is a holiday during which many people have a tradition to light bonfires. It is with this in mind that United Hatzalah has issued the following precautions to help people avoid injuries big or small, and provide instructions … Continue reading
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Tagged blaze, Bonfire, EMS, EMT, Fire, Firefighters, holiday, Israel, Lag Ba'Omer, Meron, safety instructions, United Hatzalah
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Saving Lives in Unexpected Ways
Yechiel Gurfein continues his amazing work as a United Hatzalah volunteer, saving lives with his emergency electric bicycle. Sometimes, Yechiel saves lives in unexpected ways. Recently, Yechiel was staying at a friend’s home in the central Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem. … Continue reading
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Tagged EMS, EMT, Fire, Jerusalem, Rescue, United Hatzalah, Volunteer
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Israel’s Ramadan Responders – Fasting and Saving Lives
On June 13th, the penultimate day of the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Muslim calendar, five United Hatzalah emergency medical volunteers responded to a large-scale fire in Umm al-Fahm. The blaze took place in an auto-body parts … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, Fasting, Fire, First Response, Israel, Kfar Kara, Muslim, Ramadan, Umm al-Fahm, United Hatzalah
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The Greatest Way To Honor and Enjoy Shabbat – Save Someone Who Can Honor it And Enjoy It Also
On a recent Friday afternoon, a 90-year-old woman was preparing for Shabbat when the contents of one of the pots on the stove caught fire. Smoke quickly filled the apartment and the woman, due to her limited mobility, was unable … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, Fire, Rescue, Shabbat, Shabbos, United Hatzalah, Yisrael Chanukah
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Jaffa Explosion – Perspective From a First Responder
One of the most difficult things to do as a first responder is to prepare yourself mentally for the situation that you are about to walk into. There are so many variables and so many unknowns that take place in … Continue reading
When The Emergencies Keep Coming – EMS Volunteer Responds to 8 Calls In One Evening
Late one evening last week, Avner was alerted to a fire at a store in Tel Aviv and immediately raced to the scene on his ambucycle. A few minutes later, he received an alert that another fire had broken out … Continue reading
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Tagged Avner Ben David, Car Accident, Eli Beer, EMS, EMT, Fire, MVA, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, United Hatzalah
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Burning Lawnmower Injures Petach Tikvah Municipal Worker
On Tuesday, a 30-year-old municipality worker was cutting the grass in a road median in Petach Tikva, when his ride-on lawn mower suddenly burst into flames. The panicked worker jumped out of the vehicle, landing square in the roadway. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, Burning, EMS, EMT, Fire, Petach Tikva, United Hatzalah
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EMTs Puts Out Building Fire
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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Tagged Ambucycle, Ashdod, Building Fire, EMS, EMT, Fire, United Hatzalah
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Volunteer EMT Rescues Disabled Passengers From Transport Van Seconds Before it Explodes
On Wednesday morning, while traveling on Highway One, a United Hatzalah volunteer EMT first responder received an emergency call alerting him to a burning vehicle just up the road from his location. Upon arriving at the scene the responder recognized … Continue reading
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Tagged car fire, disabled passengers, EMS, EMT, Fire, United Hatzalah
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