Front Line Friday #33: EMS Gear on Patrol - What to Carry and Why

Welcome back to Front Line Friday. This week is a gear week, and the topic is the medical gear an individual patrol officer can carry to extend capability in the minutes before EMS arrives. Front Line Friday is brought to you by Dead Air Silencers , whose support keeps this column going every week.

By Tom R

Make Practice Drills Fun

We know that one of the best ways to be ready for emergencies is to practice your plans. That’s why fire drills exist, yeah? The problem is that practice drills can be a pain in the butt. They disrupt the flow of the day, obviously, and interrupt whatever was happening at the time. But if [&#82...

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Charge it and Go with the NESTOUT Carabiner Battery

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ATS Mini V4 – A Palm-Sized Radio for Emergencies

I feel like most would agree that being able to gather intelligence about the situation is a critical need in a disaster or crisis. You can only make an informed decision about what to do if you have information to act upon. That’s where the ATS Mini V4 comes into play. When I was growing [&#82...

By Jim Cobb
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