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Tag Archives: Fire
Mother-Daughter Duo Help Evacuate and Calm Residents During Building Fire
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
Health and Safety Tips From United Hatzalah For A Happy and Safe Hanukkah
Use a special location and apparatus to light the candles. Many times fires occur due to the use of makeshift menorahs. Please use a proper stable menorah and stable table or shelf and avoid proximity to any flammable items, including … Continue reading
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Tagged burn, Candles, Chanukah, Fire, first responder, Hannukah, Hanukkah, Israel, menorah, oil, safety tips, United Hatzalah
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Giving Back To Society By Saving Lives
Two weeks ago, on Monday around noon in Jerusalem, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yakov (who wishes to leave out his last name) was just finishing transferring an unconscious patient to an ambulance crew, when he received another alert from his … Continue reading
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Tagged building, EMS, EMT, Fire, Firefighters, Israel, Jerusalem, oxygen, United Hatzalah
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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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