First responders deserve to go home safely at the end of their shift.
EMS practitioners report having been physically assaulted on the job.NAEMT National Survey of EMS Practitioner Safety
In a simulation study of 270 EMS professionals facing escalating violence, 46% failed to leave the unsafe scene.Garner N, et al. JACEP Open. 2022;3:e12727. DOI: 10.1002/emp2.12727.
Assaults impact the 4 Ps
Strained recruitment, retention & wellness
Erodes community trust & agency reputation
Lost time & disrupted response readiness
Rising costs from injury, liability & turnover
Streetwise is more than training, it's an ongoing partnership in violence prevention.
Practical violence-prevention education, agency-specific instruction, case-based learning, and train-the-trainer support.
We track assaults, trends, incident patterns, after-action lessons, legislation, and emerging issues.
See the Monthly Intelligence Briefing →We help agencies turn lessons into lasting practice through policy support, operational guidance, and ongoing program development.
Chiefs and command staff setting the tone for a culture of preparedness, and evaluating, funding, and approving programs that reduce organizational risk.
Unions and associations advocating for responder safety and working conditions.
Training staff building evidence-informed violence prevention into their programs.
Crews and providers applying situational awareness and sound decision-making on every call.
Streetwise is built by a team of first responders and medical, legal, and behavioral-health professionals with decades of frontline and advisory experience.
Monthly intelligence briefings on emerging violence trends, incident patterns, and field intelligence relevant to EMS and fire service safety.
August reinforced a recurring operational pattern: violence frequently emerged after responders were already committed to patient contact, treatment, or transport. Late-month incidents in Boston (twice) and Pennsylvania further demonstrated how quickly provider safety can deteriorate during recognizable EMS operations. The pattern reinforces professional readiness, continuous reassessment, positioning, crew coordination, timely requests for assistance, and preserving options throughout the response.
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