how many first responders are there in the united states?
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EMT's. It is estimated that there are 891,000 emergency medical service (EMS) professionals in America, including 600,000 EMTs and 142,000 paramedics.
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Most of those who perished were civilians except for 343 firefighters and 71 law enforcement officers who died in the World Trade Center and on the ground in New York City, and another law enforcement officer who died when United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, 55 military ...
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Both the United States and Canada have sent additional firefighters to assist with wildfires in Australia after the first wave of 42 arrived down under around December 5, 2019. Another 40 or so arrived before Christmas and both countries are now working out the logistics to deploy more personnel.
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LODD: 57 firefighters lost their lives on the job during 2019.
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The Small Arms Survey stated that U.S. civilians alone account for 393 million (about 46 percent) of the worldwide total of civilian held firearms. This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents."
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Emergency workers killed in the September 11 attacks. Of the 2,977 victims killed in the September 11 attacks, 412 were emergency workers in New York City who responded to the World Trade Center.
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As of 2008 there were 514 law enforcement agencies in New York State employing 66,472 sworn police officers and/or local peace officers (about 341 for each 100,000 residents) according to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies.
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Federally, in Canada, the Memorial Grant operationalizes “first responders” as exclusively police, paramedics, and firefighters (Public Safety Canada, 2018) and in doing so appears to exclude correctional officers; yet, in Ontario, Canada, federal and provincial correctional officers are officially recognized as first ...
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Nearly 90 firefighters died on duty in 2017: report. Emmitsburg, MD — Eighty-seven firefighters were killed on the job in 2017, four fewer than in 2016, according to an annual report recently released by the U.S. Fire Administration. “Stress/overexertion” was the leading cause of fatalities, contributing to 52 deaths.
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Though many departments started hiring women decades ago, some still have only one woman firefighter and some have none. Nationwide, only about 4 percent of firefighters are women, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, even as that figure has risen to about 14 percent in police work and the military.
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Numbers of U.S. military service members vary by state, driven mostly by workforce levels at large bases. There were a total of 1.3 million active duty military and more than 800,000 reserve forces as of September 2017, according to Defense Department personnel data.
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Firefighters do also have to be EMTs. Part of the job description includes giving first aid and CPR to injured or ill people. Plus, most of the calls firefighters go on are for medical emergencies rather than fires. As many as 70 percent of calls that came into fire departments as of 2012 involved medical issues.
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But it is not unheard of. Ron Holle, a former meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who tracks lightning injuries, estimates that 10 to 20 people in the United States are shocked annually while bathing, using faucets or handling appliances during storms.
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In 2003, FBI UCR data were compiled from more than 16,000 agencies, representing 93 percent of the population in 46 states and the District of Columbia. While nationally reporting is not mandated, many states have instituted laws requiring law enforcement within those states to provide UCR data.
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There's also help coming from abroad: the US, Canada, and New Zealand have sent firefighters to help. Australia's police, military and navy are involved in rescue and evacuation efforts.
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In 2018, there were 686,665 full-time law enforcement officers employed in the United States. The number of full-time law enforcement officers reached a peak in 2008 with 708,569 officers, and hit a low in 2013 with 626,942 officers.
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Further, a medical director of the World Trade Center Health Program at Mount Sinai Hospital reported in 2018 that out of the approximately 10,000 first responders and others who were at Ground Zero and have developed cancer as a result, more than 2,000 have died due to 9/11 related illnesses.