Dialing 911? Help responders help you. Calling 911 is often the first step in an emergency. What you do next can help emergency responders get to you quickly and safely. When you call, be ready to provide your location, explain what is happening and answer the dispatcher’s questions. Stay on the line and follow their instructions until help arrives. A few simple steps can make a big difference when every second counts. #EmergencyPreparedness# #PublicSafety# #FirstResponders#

🚨 ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE FUEL. 🚨 I’ve spent years working in the ER and thought I’d seen every bizarre, horrific, and unbelievable medical emergency possible... until this. ​Kansas City firefighters had to use a POWER SAW to cut a man out from UNDERNEATH the toilet seat of a porta-potty holding tank. ​Just imagine the sheer physical and sensory terror of being trapped in pitch black, breathing in toxic chemical fumes, desperately clawing at the opening. The extreme precision the rescue crew needed to cut him out with a saw without causing a spark around those flammable biogases is mind-blowing. ​They had to hose him down with the fire truck deck gun the second he was pulled free. From the toxic inhalation risk of hydrogen sulfide to the extreme pathogen exposure, this is a medical and psychological trauma nightmare. ​Truly a new fear unlocked. How does this even happen?! 👇 ​#NightmareFuel# #FirstResponders# #KansasCity# #NewFearUnlocked#

First-ever EU-Libya CBRN drill: first responders in Tripoli tested their response to a chemical terrorist attack. 86 participants, 5 international experts, stronger coordination. One sea, shared security. This is #EUForeignPolicy# in action! Read more:

Happy National First Responders Day! 🚒🚔🚑 Every day, firefighters, law enforcement, paramedics, and emergency personnel answer the call to protect our communities. They selflessly run into harms way in our time of need. To every first responder in CA-20 and across the country — thank you for your courage and sacrifice.

On National First Responders Day we say DEFEND THE POLICE, never defund the police. Florida is the state of law and order thanks to our wonderful men and women in uniform. 🇺🇸

Growing up as a first generation American citizen on Long Island NY, 9/11 hit extremely close to my family. On one of the worst days in American history when savage terrorists attacked our homeland, so many friends, neighbors, and other first responders ran toward danger to protect and serve their fellow Americans. In the wake of so much tragedy, we saw the best of our country respond. I was honored to visit the 9/11 Memorial in New York paying tribute to all those who defended America in her darkest hour. That includes the far too many who have died in the years since from 9/11 related illness in the FBI that I’m extremely proud to lead. Their sacrifices - and the sacrifices of ALL law enforcement, first responders, and our military who gave their lives - will NEVER be forgotten. And let it be known to any law enforcement organization who chooses to disrespect the brave souls who lost their lives on this day - you will have no friend in me, and no friend in this FBI. Special thanks to National September 11 Memorial and Museum Director Clifford Chanin who hosted us. Their work honoring 9/11 is incredibly important. WE WILL NEVER FORGET.”