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
Is death notification training associated with decreased burnout among EMS professionals?
A structure collapse response is going to be bigger than just your crew, so requesting ample resources early can go a long way as technical rescue teams assemble
Officials say the 15-year-old driver of the other vehicle was speeding and now faces charges of manslaughter and assault
The patient was being treated by paramedics when they were shot multiple times
Putnam County Firefighter-EMT Darrell Jennings aided at least 20 injured neighbors after a tornado swept through his community
Care Ambulance Paramedic David Mimm, a 30-year EMS veteran, was killed in an ambulance crash earlier this month
Officials say the dispatcher didn’t initiated an EMS response during or after the eight-minute 911 call despite having the patient’s address
Emergency crews spent hours pulling survivors and bodies from wrecked buildings
Care Ambulance Paramedic David Mimm, 54, was killed and three others were injured in the collision
More than 50 people in a nursing facility in the state have been reported feeling sick and are being tested for the virus
Maimonides Medical Center Paramedic Christina Gardini, 27, was riding her motorcycle in Brooklyn when it struck a parked truck and caught fire
A business donated the portable street light to help illuminate emergency scenes, making first responders more visible to motorists
Officials say the man slipped out of restraints and pushed his way to the rig’s rear door before jumping out
Firefighters and police searched the caller’s apartment complex for 45 minutes, a few hours before he was found dead by his roommate
Columbia Township Firefighter-EMT Brett Wilson had stopped to assist at the crash scene when he was electrocuted by downed power lines
Riviera Beach Firefighter-Paramedic DaWayne Watson came upon the shooting of Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Joseph Bullock while driving home
AMR Paramedics Paul Besaw and Lahiri Garcia were killed in the rollover ambulance crash in 2017
A fundraiser has been launched to support the Altamahaw-Ossipee Fire Department paramedic and his family
A man opened fire inside the packed bus, killing a 51-year-old woman and wounding several others
The arbitrator said the lieutenant’s firing was unfair because three other medics involved in the incident were only suspended
The woman said the man saved her from bleeding out after a fatal 1986 vehicle crash
Officials said the response to the crash that killed two young children may have been delayed due to confusion over the pond’s location
Witnesses said the ambulance did not have its sirens on, ran a red light and was going nearly 20 miles per hour over the speed limit
Honolulu Paramedic Kaipo Hayashida was one of a group of first responders honored by a local school on Tuesday
According to a memo by the supervisor he claimed harassed him, the medic broke Florida law in five cases, two of which resulted in death
Officials said the man was driving erratically before his vehicle collided with an AMR ambulance, killing him and injuring two crewmembers
Paramedic Michael Bedner, a former colleague of fallen Paramedic Supervisor Matt Smelser, launched the online petition
A trucker driver who stopped to help at the scene said Wamsutter Paramedic Mike Wilder assisted him after he cut his hand
Wamsutter Ambulance Service Paramedic Mike Wilder was at the scene of a fatal car crash when he went into cardiac arrest
A vehicle crossed a median and crashed into the firefighter-paramedics and police officer as they worked a wreck
The family of homicide victim Frank Navaroli III said there was a delay in recognizing and treating the 27-year-old’s gunshot wound
Paramedic Supervisor Matt C. Smelser, 44, was fatally struck by a tractor-trailer shortly after exiting an ambulance
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