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The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.

“Just try to wrap your thoughts around having 3, 4, 5, 10 gunshot wound patients thrown at you – at one or two medics with one ambulance.”
Emergency services organizations are struggling to meet the escalating needs for medical supplies, equipment and vehicles
Magen David Adom paramedics and EMTs are being targeted as they assist the victims of the terrorist attack
The Howard County ambulance was parked with its rear yellow warning lights activated when the car struck the back
Three Greene County officials were charged with tampering with public records
Colorado Solictor General Shannon Stevenson said the Aurora paramedics administered too much ketamine for McClain’s body weight
Springfield EMT Peggy Finley had a $60K bond refunded due to recent legislation
A witness described the scene in Hillsboro as “a real war zone”
A driver is dead after hitting two emergency vehicles at crash scene in Rowan County
Two South Central Ambulance District paramedics were injured after their ambulance was struck by another vehicle
Jury selection begins Monday for Aurora Fire Department paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec
Capt. Jeffrey Scott Klein was in charge of a 2020 medical response that led to the death of a patient who was put in a prone position
Firefighter/paramedic Brian Herr joined the department in March 2023 after relocating to Florida from Chicago
Six people were killed when a semi crashed into a charter bus carrying high school students
A charter bus carrying students was struck by a tractor-trailer in Licking County