Editing Firefighter (section)

===Emergency medical services===
Firefighters frequently provide some degree of [[Emergency medicine|emergency medical care]]. In some jurisdictions [[first aid]] is the only medical training that firefighters have, and medical calls are the sole responsibility of a separate [[emergency medical services]] (EMS) agency. Elsewhere, it is common for firefighters to respond to medical calls. The impetus for this is the growing demand in medical emergencies and the significant decline in fires.<ref name="Plenty">{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2013/09/07/plenty-firefighters-but-where-are-fires/isCPrIPauX078UKHdixu0K/story.html|title=Plenty of firefighters, but where are the fires?|date=2013-09-07|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=2017-09-22}}</ref>

In such departments, firefighters are often certified as [[emergency medical technician]]s in order to deliver [[basic life support]], and more rarely as [[paramedics]] to deliver [[advanced life support]]. In the United Kingdom, where fire services and EMS are run separately, [[Fire service co-responder|fire service co-responding]] has been introduced more recently.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/LatestNewsReleases_brigade-and-london-ambulance-service-team-up-for-life-saving-trial.asp#.WIpXBH2DEfI|title=News|website=www.london-fire.gov.uk|access-date=5 May 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813185751/http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/LatestNewsReleases_brigade-and-london-ambulance-service-team-up-for-life-saving-trial.asp#.WIpXBH2DEfI|archive-date=13 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Another point of variation is whether the firefighters respond in a fire engine or a [[Nontransporting EMS vehicle|response car]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/surrey-firefighters-called-300-medical-11295803|title=Surrey firefighters called to almost 300 medical emergencies during co-responding trial|publisher=[[Surrey Advertiser]]|date=9 May 2016|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref>