Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
Designating specific roles and other tips to make the hardest part of the job a bit easier
Breaking down police, fire rescue, EMS roles in a traffic incident management system
Key takeaways and lessons learned from the 2018 mass shooting event at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago
Mary Dutchess said every time she step into the Cumberland Goodwill EMS ambulance she thinks of her daughter
A shooting inside Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland ended hours later in a standoff in Gresham with a fatal officer-involved shooting
Swampscott first responders and Cataldo Ambulance Service were called for a problem with a rock crusher suspended above the quarry
Officials in Upper Makefield say they will change their operations to include an underwater search by the weekend
Family members saw the branch fall on the victim and called 911 when he did not come out from underneath it
Why EMS should use preparatory commands
The SUV caught fire, killing one passenger and leaving the driver and another passenger in critical condition
Paramedic Hunter Fruge was told he would have to learn to walk again after a crash that killed his partner
Buchanan County EMS Director, Dr. Scott Hall was killed when the utility vehicle he was driving overturned
Two Van-Far EMS members were flown to University Hospital in Columbus after a fatal head-on collision
Cumberland Goodwill EMS paramedic Taylor Shearer shared a personal lesson from a fatal incident
An EMT and patient are killed after their ambulance collided head-on with a tractor-trailer
It took police, firefighters and EMS working together to get this patient to the ambulance
Debris found during the search for the vessel “is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” said Rear Adm. John Mauger
A supercell struck Matador killing at least 4 people and causing widespread destruction
Springfield EMT Peggy Finley faces murder charges related to “compressional and positional asphyxia” of a patient
Parma Heights paramedics were leaving the scene and were unaware the woman had approached the ambulance in the dark
Document in the ongoing special victims unit investigation alleges the teen with autism was given 10 milligrams of Versed to “shut him up”
First responders from Divernon and other locations moved injured people out of the storm that persisted for hours
Two workers were assessing the roof of the abandoned Blairsville school when it collapsed and they fell three stores
First responders had to work in rugged terrain in Larimer County to reach the converted school bus
“Something said you need to check again,” Kyle Dowling said when he saw tire tracks leading over an embankment
Bell Ambulance EMT, FTO John Swanson was initially revived after being rescued from Lake Michigan
“He would give his life for anyone": Neighbors in the Brooklyn community are shocked over the death of Firefighter Mark Batista
Knowing how xylazine presents clinically, as well as how it impacts overdose management is important for any provider responding to illicit drug overdoses
The Coffee County EMS crew was transporting a patient when they collided with a truck
EMS Captain Edgar Baez and Lieutenant Alison Russo used to respond to calls together in the Bronx decades ago
31 residents died in the Christmas 2022 storm that dumped over 50-inches of snow with hurricane-force winds
Kevin McCorvey admitted to smoking marijuana, taking Adderall and drinking beer before driving the ambulance
4 patients in the Aurora crash were flown to hospitals
