Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
Firefighters, paramedics and EMTs, though accustomed to death, need to process grief when losing someone close to them
Officials have reported explosive devices have been found on and near the scene
Vehicle vs. multiple pedestrian incidents, especially terrorism attacks, are high-risk and happen with surprisingly common frequency
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
First responders in Sacramento arrived to find a total of 11 patients with serious injuries
Wichita FD divers were able to extricate the man, who was submerged for over an hour, but resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful
Multiple departments responded to a crash in Barron County that killed two people and critically injured three
Bags of cement went flying and one crashed through the windshield of a car, killing a passenger
AMR was at “level zero” while firefighters were treating the victim for nearly 30 minutes
A 3-year-old has burns over 25% of his body after blast injured another child and killed three people
An unfinished two-story house in Conroe collapsed on workers, trapping them under piles of lumber
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said the father and teens were going through a relative’s possessions when they found the grenade and the father pulled the pin
Children of the patient killed in the April crash say the EMT failed to maintain control of the ambulance
A 74-year-old patient died after head-on collision involving a Regional Paramedical Services ambulance
Cherlyn Schaefer said she fought to save cinematographer Halyna Hutchins’ life and that the trauma and distress that followed made her leave the profession
LaDamonyon “DeeDee” Hall, 47, died in 2022 after police and EMS providers responding to a reported disturbance handcuffed and transported her
The medical examiner’s office ruled Jesse Reed’s death a “suspected homicide” with “blunt force injuries” listed as a contributing cause of his death
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