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Tag Archives: Police
Forest Fire In Givat Yearim Breaks Out Two Hours After A Simulated Forest Fire Training Drill Concluded in The Same Location
United Hatzalah volunteers have been dispatched and are currently on scene at a fire that broke out in the forest surrounding the town of Givat Yearim in the Jerusalem hills. This fire is quite near the location of the previous … Continue reading
Posted in Coexistence, Education and training, Press, Vehicles
Tagged Fire, Fire Department, forest fire, Givat Yearim, Israel, Jerusalem forest, Police, United Hatzalah
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Searching For A Missing Woman In The Jerusalem Forest
On Tuesday night, just after 11 p.m., a 30-year-old woman was declared missing from her home. The worried family reported her absence at the local police station. The woman’s possible whereabouts spanned a large area of the Jerusalem forest, an … Continue reading
Posted in Community Outreach, Press, UH Volunteer Features, Vehicles
Tagged Ambucycle, ATV, EMS, forest, Jerusalem, Missing person, Police, Search and Rescue, United Hatzalah
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Talking a Former Student Down Off A Ledge
On Monday, just after 9:00 p.m., a man who was suffering from a mental health condition climbed the White Mosque in Ramle and threatened to commit suicide by jumping off the building. People on the street called the police as … Continue reading
Posted in UH Volunteer Features
Tagged EMS, EMT, first responder, martial arts, Mental Health, negotiator, Police, Ramle, Rescue, United Hatzalah, White Mosque
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Successful Search And Rescue Finds Three Missing Girls In Petah Tikva
On Monday afternoon, the 21st of December, three young girls, all 9-year-olds, were declared missing from their homes in Petah Tikva. After the Petah Tikva police station received a distress call from one of the mothers, an officer called United … Continue reading
Posted in Press, UH Volunteer Features
Tagged EMS, EMT, Missing person, Petah Tikva, Police, Rescue, Search, United Hatzalah
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Saving A Life On The Edge Of A Cliff
United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Moshe Raveh was attending to a medical emergency in the town of Shlomi on Shabbat afternoon and was just packing up his equipment after having finished treating the patient when he received another emergency alert regarding … Continue reading
Posted in UH Volunteer Features
Tagged 669 unit, EMS, EMT, Fall, first responder, Galilee, hiking, IDF, Israel, Keseht Cave, oxygen, Police, Search and Rescue, Shlomi, United Hatzalah
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Assisting A Psychiatric Patient In A Police Station
Roman Firas is a father of four and a dedicated United Hatzalah volunteer, hailing from the town of Ein-Rafa, located near Jerusalem. Roman serves as a dispatcher at United Hatzalah’s headquarters in Jerusalem and the co-head of the Muslim East-Jerusalem … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambucycle, East Jerusalem, EMS, EMT, Family, Muslim, Police, Roman Firas, United Hatzalah
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United Hatzalah Holds Mass-Casualty-Incident Training Drill in Conjunction With Israeli police, Jerusalem Soccer Team
(This article was originally written by Eliana Rudee and published on the JNS website🙂 In conjunction with the Israeli police and the Beitar Yerushalayim soccer team, United Hatzalah hosted a large-scale training drill on Monday at Teddy Stadium to simulate … Continue reading
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Tagged Beitar Yerushalayim, first responder, Israel, Jerusalem, MCI, Police, Teddy Stadium, training drill, United Hatzalah
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It Is All Worth It
My name is Lahav Peled and I’ve been a United Hatzalah volunteer for a bit more than a year. I live in Kiryat Tivon, a town near Haifa, in northern Israel. My family and I were visiting my wife’s parents … Continue reading
Kinneret Emergency Training Drill Simulates Marine Rescue From Burning Boat
More than 40 volunteers from United Hatzalah participated in a training drill on the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) that simulated a mass casualty incident on a burning tourist boat. The volunteers, who hailed from Tiberias (Tevaria) and the surrounding area … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambuboat, Boat, Fire Department, Israel, Kinneret, Marine Rescue, Police, Rescue, Sea of Galilee, training drill, United Hatzalah
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Israeli First Responder Faces Emergency While In Transit at Newark Airport
Last week, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT and Regional Coordinator Gavy Friedson was traveling through Newark Airport on his way back from a speaking engagement in Vancouver, Canada. Friedson had been talking about how the organization saves lives by having volunteers … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambulance, Emergency, EMS, EMT, Gavy Friedson, New Jersey, Newark, Newark Airport, Police, United Hatzalah, United States
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