Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
How can we begin to mourn, make sense of and learn from the tragic line-of-duty death of EMT Yadira Arroyo?
Hypothermia death of a Minn. teen is an unimaginable tragedy, but a breach is not enough for a finding of negligence
Lt. Jason Adams was shot and killed on a medical call; Adams worked at the same department as his fiancée
Rachel Peace’s husband, Gary Peace, died after suffering a heart attack; her lawsuit names 11 defendants
Desert Oasis High School Principal Ian Salzman said staff members provided medical aid EMS providers arrived
The three people on board — a pilot, a flight paramedic and a flight nurse — are all presumed dead
Some of her family members wept and some walked away during the playing of a cellphone video that showed the aftermath of the 2017 incident
A semi struck an SUV and pushed it into an ambulance, which overturned
Brian Smith says he raised concerns about addresses being flagged as dangerous for first responders based on potentially erroneous information
“David [Campbell] made such an impact on each of us,” Rock Hill Captain Mac Thomas said
Mequon’s first full-time firefighter-paramedic, Josh Lipp, was seriously injured in the incident
Lisa Sillins, 55, was crossing the street to the employee parking lot when she was struck by a driver reportedly under the influence
Bruce Lang, a 30-year EMT and fire training officer, died after the vehicle he was driving broke through the ice during the rescue attempt
Memorial Hospital of Carbon County EMT Tyeler Harris died from fatal injuries after being hit by a tractor trailer while assisting patients at a crash scene
Remembering the service and the selflessness of those lost this year
Another Carbon County EMT was injured Wednesday on scene, and the firefighter had been trying to help rescue a man who fell through ice
The Rio Dell Fire Department was delayed in responding to some 60 calls because its garage doors were off the hinges and had to be pried open
One person in the car died, and the other was transported in critical condition
Captain Walker L. Hill spent his whole career with the Baton Rouge Fire Department
The aircraft with three people aboard went missing Thursday night off the coast of Maui
Police say 22 passengers were injured and required transport
A fundraiser has been set up for the family of Charles D. Swank, an Army veteran who had five children
Dozens of people were injured across the South; some were transported to hospitals
10 years later, we continue to grieve, reflect on the power of resilience, and appreciate our first responders
Greensboro responders are grappling with the tragedy, and the fire department deployed its peer-support team to the scene
But House and Senate members may work together to alter the legislation prompted by a Cleveland firefighter’s death
Mental health experts are issuing advice to coworkers and family members about the warning signs of someone struggling with the deaths
“Numerous maydays were given,” a trooper said, before Firefighter Marvin Gruber and First Assistant Chief Zachary Paris of the Community Fire Company were transported
The report, compiled by the fire department’s internal Board of Inquiry, addresses the Jan. 24 rowhouse fire in which three city firefighters were killed
Ohio House members added an amendment requiring a minimum 5-year prison sentence when the victim is a firefighter or EMS provider
All public safety agencies will be located in one location for better communication; HPD’s police chief will have the authority to reject security plans
EMS providers resuscitated Saddle Brook Fire Captain Basil Pizzuto at the scene and transported him to a hospital, where his condition worsened
The 46-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene
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