The city of Roanoke provides a First Responder Program in which a fire engine responds to certain types of life threatening emergencies. This program has saved lives by improving response time and utilizing firefighters who are trained as emergency medical technicians. Animal Bites Often assumed to be a less dangerous type of injury, if bitten on the facial area or on the neck, an animal bite can be life threatening. Instructions can be given to control the bleeding until an ambulance arrives. Instructions can be given to control bleeding and stablize the patient until an ambulance arrives.
Police also respond with rescue to assault reports.
Many times, those suffering from chest pains assume their pain is coming from another source, such as indigestion. If the pains continue the patient could be suffering from a heart attack. Most times when citizens report vehicle accidents, it is unknown if the persons are injured. It is important that the caller report if someone is trapped in the vehicles, if the vehicles could be on fire, and if any gas or fluids are leaking from the vehicles. If you do not know if there are injuries related to the accident, an ambulance and fire engine are sent to the scene, along with police.