9/11 - EMS World

September 11: In The News

Responders From All Over Help FDNY Honor 9/11 Fallen

Firefighters from all over the country and beyond joined members of the...

News • September 10th, 2011
Arlington Chief Recalls 9/11 Pentagon Response

Being the primary response agency to the Pentagon, the Arlington Fire...

News • September 2nd, 2011
FDNY Commissioner Looks Back on 9/11 10 Years Later

Commissioner Salvatore Cassano talks about the attacks and how the FDNY has...

News • September 9th, 2011
FDNY Honors Members Claimed by WTC Illnesses

The FDNY has unveiled a memorial wall listing the names of 55 members who...

News • September 9th, 2011

Families of 9/11 Victims Attend World Trade Center Memorial

The names on the plaques at the memorial include the 2,977 people killed on...

News • September 12th, 2011
Thousands Honor Fallen FDNY Bravest on 10th Anniversary

This year, responders from all over the country—and some from other parts...

News • September 11th, 2011
Church Service Remembers FDNY Bravest Killed on 9/11

Firefighters lined the street outside St. Patrick's Cathedral on Saturday...

News • September 11th, 2011
Shanksville Chief Reflects on Rural 9/11 Plane Crash

Terry Shaffer, chief of the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department, says...

News • September 8th, 2011

Aim For Integration

Top EMS leaders look back on the decade since 9/11—and what the future...

Article • September 1st, 2011
Regional Planning Is Imperative

Top EMS leaders look back on the decade since 9/11—and what the future...

Article • September 1st, 2011
We Should Be Equal Partners

Top EMS leaders look back on the decade since 9/11--and what the future...

Article • September 1st, 2011
Role-Playing

On 9/11, EMS arrived and adapted—vital traits in a dynamic discipline

Article • September 1st, 2009
Best Practices for Tough Times

Top EMS leaders look back on the decade since 9/11—and what the future...

Article • September 1st, 2011

National Planning Sorely Lacking

Top EMS leaders look back on the decade since 9/11—and what the future...

Article • September 1st, 2011
"I Went From Not Being Able to Walk to Sprinting"

Excerpt from "WTC—In Their Own Words"

Article • September 1st, 2011
'I Only Knew What was in Front of Me': the WTC In Their Own Words

Firehouse Magazine editor Harvey Eisner discusses "WTC: In Their Own...

Article • September 1st, 2011
Legacy in the Dust

On 9/11, the need to help trumped personal safety—the costs came later.

Article • July 20th, 2011
Volunteer Role a Vital One

Top EMS leaders look back on the decade since 9/11--and what the future...

Article • September 1st, 2011

Sharing the Burden

In Shanksville, a cross commemorating 9/11 also symbolizes fellowship

Article • September 1st, 2010
NYC Photog Gets By With a Little Help From His Friends

On 9/11, a photographer was saved by the very firefighters he took photos...

Article • September 8th, 2011
Arlington's 9/11 Lesson:Get to Know Your Neighbors Now

Protecting America's military nerve center is a job that the Arlington...

Article • September 8th, 2011
Masters of the Ordinary

For EMS, the fifth anniversary of 9/11 is less about major disasters than...

Article • September 1st, 2006
United Flight 93 Crash Site, Shanksville, Somerset County, PA

Following the crash of United Flight 93 near Shanksville, PA, Paul...

Article • September 8th, 2011

Hospital Teamwork Amidst Crisis

On September 11, 2001, no one near the WTC was fully prepared for the...

Article • September 8th, 2011
Within 7 Months, Three Sept. 11 Workers Die

All three men died in the past seven months of what their families and...

News • January 16th, 2006
Across the River from NYC, It Was "John Wayne Time"

Just 1¼ miles from New York City--right across the Hudson River--the...

Article • September 8th, 2011
Coordinated Ambulance Diversion Improves Care

A recent study found a significant decrease in diversion of ambulances away...

Article • January 1st, 2004