first responders
Terror, Shipwreck, Guns: 24 Hours in a Karachi Ambulance
Who would risk their safety to tend to the injured in a city caught between poverty and violence?
Emergency Workers Now Have Access to Military-Grade Drones
These drones want to give EMTs, traffic police and other clients an “eye in the sky” to help them respond to emergencies quicker.
Watch Some Good Samaritans Save a Man from His Burning Car
The cellphone footage of a few men forming a human chain and hoisting the injured driver back up to safety is a tiny beacon of hope in our garbage world.
NASA's New Self-Learning AI Could Save First Responders
AUDREY could reveal a newer, smarter generation of artificial intelligence.
Most Brazilians think the Olympics are not worth it, a poll shows
With just over two weeks to go before the start of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, a new poll shows that nearly two thirds of Brazilians think the event will do the country more harm than good.
‘Welcome to Hell’: Rio police greet visitors five weeks before the Olympics
A wave of pessimism about Rio’s Games has been building for months within the context of the country’s worsening economic recession, its acute political crisis, and concerns about the Zika virus.
As 9/11 Responders Battle Cancer, They Also Battle a Looming End to Compensation
People near Ground Zero during and after the attack on the World Trade Center are still getting sick, but an act passed to provide care and compensation is set to expire next year.
Inside 'Liberty City,' Homeland Security's Site for Testing Urban Drones
The goal at the drone evaluation site is to impress public safety officials.
Syria's First Responders Welcome Female Recruits
The women of the Syrian Civil Defense have to stabilize patients on the back of pickup trucks amid missile showers while dealing with a culture that says such situations are no place for women.
Canada’s Lack of First Responder Suicide Stats is a National Disgrace
"I wish I could tell you today that after all I've gone through with the mental health system... that I've been cured but the honest truth is that I will never be cured."
What China's Drone-Led Search for Earthquake Survivors Looks Like
It's not clear if the drones directly helped save any lives, but this is clearly the future of disaster relief.
Closing the Digital Divide Saves Lives
It’s now easier than ever to warn people that a catastrophic event is coming.