Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
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His 2-month-old son stopped breathing, and was dead by the time he carried him into the hospital
Rescuers searched through eight collapsed buildings Saturday, pulling survivors from the rubble; 751 emergency vehicles and 20 sniffer dogs have been deployed
The tropical storm made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 2 hurricane on Wednesday, leaving three people dead in three different states
The lawsuit claims paramedics cleared the man to be taken to the police station, where he collapsed about an hour later
Two Cincinnati Fire Department members were injured and another driver died after the collision Thursday night
Four victims aged 17-34 were transported to the hospital with serious injuries after the crash
Family members said Maria Davis, wife of Los Angeles Paramedic Greg Davis, died due to a traumatic brain injury suffered when she jumped into the pool
Key takeaways and lessons learned from the 2018 mass shooting event at Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago
Police said the ambulance was turning into the hospital entrance when the crash occurred
The bill was introduced after reports that first responders took photos at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed nine people, including basketball star Kobe Bryant
First responders described a “dynamic scene” after someone opened fire at a gathering of about 100 motorcycle enthusiasts
The indictment of Brett Hankison, a fired Louisville police officer, is not directly related to the death of Taylor, an ER technician and former Louisville EMT, but pertains to nearby apartments that were struck by bullets
William Paul Faist Volunteer Ambulance Corps 1st Lt. Moshe Herzog, 27, and EMT David Schneebalg, 26, were killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer
A heart attack patient died and eight FDNY members were injured when the ladder truck T-boned the ambulance
Police said paramedics failed to properly assess the patient and should not have let her go to the hospital in a police car
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A paramedic, nurse and pilot were killed when their plane broke up in flight over North Dakota
Officials say the ambulance crew began life-saving measures before a second ambulance transported the man
The two street medics said police forced them away from the scene
Odessa dispatchers recounted the Aug. 31, 2019 shooting that killed seven people and injured 25
Tornado warnings were issued in Arkansas and Mississippi after the storm was downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical depression
Florida Highway Patrol officials say the private ambulance crashed into the Martin County bus while transporting a 77-year-old patient
Hazmat crews responded to the scene and discovered a large amount of the moisture-reducing chemical DampRid
Baltimore’s firefighters’ union reported that five people were trapped, including children, after the major blast
The patient reportedly spilled out of the stretcher and struck their head while being loaded into an ambulance
Natick Firefighter-Paramedic Jake John Francis Feeney IV, 30, is remembered as “kind, strong and true” and a “conscientious hard worker”
William V. Watson was ordered to serve one year in prison after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter
Police said the crewmember who was driving the ambulance was not at fault in the crash that killed three people in another vehicle
Members of the El Paso Fire Department reflected on their response to the shooting that killed 23 people
At least two people in the ambulance were transported with injuries
Virginia Beach Fire Chief David Hutcheson said one firefighter was kicked and one was shoved, but bystanders didn’t interfere with care to the crash victim
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