Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
The Beirut incident commander, Dr. Shawky Amine Eddine shares insights from the largest non-nuclear explosion in history
Why EMS should use preparatory commands
It took police, firefighters and EMS working together to get this patient to the ambulance
Body-worn camera video shows officers holding Rhyker Earl down while EMTs administered sedatives
Over 50 search and rescue teams are spread across several states as officials warn that the recovery will be lengthy
Hickey’s children tried to have her transported to another hospital, but officials said she was technically an admitted patient even though no bed was available
Deputies said the family in Angleton was working on leveling their mobile home when it collapsed on them
Birmingham police search for suspects in a fatal shooting in the city’s entertainment district
Body-worn camera footage shows Memphis EMTs not providing aid during the fatal incident
The judge ruled Aurora Paramedic Peter Cichuniec had to make a quick decision the night of the arrest as the highest-ranking paramedic at the scene
Fairfax County Fire & Rescue works to ensure that the next generation of firefighters, EMTs and paramedics understand the legacy of 9/11’s fallen firefighters
One person died and two others were injured in the Linn County crash
Chief Freddie LaFemina recalls the unimaginable scene at Ground Zero and the relentless work to find his brother firefighters
First responders from several departments and agencies worked the scene in Old Saybrook
Authorities charged the driver with criminal vehicular homicide after striking Methodist Hospital employees outside a St. Louis Park restaurant
36 patients were transported to hospitals after a bus overturned on Interstate 20 near Bovina
First responders arrived to find the Ragley house leveled, on fire and debris thrown some distance
A landslide damaged houses in the city of Ketchikan and caused a mandatory evacuation
A van carrying 14 people rolled over several times after it went off the highway in Alvord
The wrongful death lawsuit accuses the paramedics of negligence by failing to properly use and monitor medical equipment, including oxygen devices
Sources said a tire on a plane exploded at the wheel and brake shop
First responders worked to find signs of life inside an excavator buried under rocks and boulders at a quarry in Sterling
The deaths of two people in the flooding have led first responders to talk about the losses and grief
A woman was killed and a man injured in a suspected propane explosion in Jefferson Township
First responders faced several rescues from vehicles and homes as storm system hit states
The John Wesley Foster Act requires schools to have mandated training, AEDs and response plans
John Papendick held many positions in the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and will be remembered for his caring and giving heart
Authorities said Matthew Perry had been receiving regular ketamine infusion treatments for depression
A teen worker died and another worker was injured after their aerial boom came in contact with power lines at the Great Bend Municipal Airport
Firefighters in Harford County were responding to a call for an outside gas leak when the house exploded before they arrived
Officials in Palm Beach County said the Ford Explorer failed to negotiate a turn, striking a guardrail before overturning
A tractor-trailer driver was killed when his rig went off a bridge near Tampa
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