Dennis and Ken Ortiz are in the business of disaster. The Ortiz brothers, both captains for the Los Angeles County Fire Department, run a small business that provides tools emergency crews can use to ...

METTAG tags are made of waterproof, fire-resistant, and chemical-resistant synthetic paper that won’t fail in extreme conditions. Fire departments, wildland teams, and emergency planners across the ...

The Anaheim Fire Department in Orange County, Calif., has thousands of RFID-enabled patient triage tags ready for use in the event of a mass emergency. By year’s end, the department plans to equip all ...

SASEBO NAVAL BASE, Japan — Suppose a van full of people crashes into a building or wall on base, flips and leaves the driver and nine passengers strewn about the road shoulder. Someone calls 911. The ...

In moments of acute pain, physical trauma and psychological distress, every minute spent in a hospital emergency department (ED) waiting room can seem like a lifetime. But what happens when the ...