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
EMS records show Nathanial Rhodes was taken to the police station instead of the hospital after a vehicle crash, where body cam footage shows him collapsing
Katie Stuczynksi said the pileup, which left one dead and 71 injured, was the biggest scene she and her colleagues had ever responded to
Multiple people called Onondaga County 911 to report the deadly accident that involved Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim and resulted in one death
Sgt. J.T. Foster said the state was asked to take over the investigation of Rodney Gilmer’s death because many staff members had a relationship with him
Shemar Brooks and Zhaniesha Burnette were helping a friend who was stranded while driving an ambulance when they were struck by a tractor trailer
Stephen Greene’s family is suing after two dispatchers turned down the volume and missed 13 emergency calls made by rehabilitation staff members
Rodney Gilmer, 50, was shot in the abdomen at his home and died of the injury less than an hour after being taken to the same hospital where he worked
The lawsuit alleges paramedic Danny Tinnel was negligent when the EMS vehicle he was driving while responding to a call crashed into the Dyer family’s truck
The remains of helicopter pilot Jennifer Topper were returned to Santa Rosa, delivered safely by her mother under ceremonial escort
Valentine’s Day will mark one year since a massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School left 17 dead and 17 injured
Body camera video captured tense moments from Austin-Travis County EMS as they discussed the patient’s injuries and debated whether to proceed with treatment
The driver, who later died as a result of the crash, sped through a red light and hit the passenger side of a Dallas Fire Rescue ambulance
Pilot Jennifer Topper and flight nurses Bradley Haynes and Rachel Cunningham were all killed when the Survival Flight helicopter crashed
Clark County Commissioner Melanie Flax Wilt said “a coordination of efforts among many different agencies” has helped decrease the number of fatal overdoses
The lawsuit claims workers waited about 25 minutes before calling 911 after Thomas Becker fell ill, even though there’s a fire station about a half-mile away
Police say two shootings have left five people dead; the suspect is still at large
Police said an EMS crew was responding to another call when they heard shots fired and found Charleston Scott in the ambulance moments later
Joshua Comeau, 41, died after battling an aggressive form of cancer that he was diagnosed with in 2014
Paul Sanchez hopes to return to work by the end of the year after being suspended by his seat belt in the head-on collision
Jeffrey Gable was sentenced to at least six months in prison for his role in a 2016 non-emergency transport ambulance crash that killed a passenger and another driver
Kevin Luby, who had been a paramedic since 2005, died at the scene of the crash after his vehicle drifted off the road before overturning
Chico police Chief Mike O’Brien said the mass overdose appears to have been largely caused by the dangerous opioid fentanyl
A whistleblower said William Watson, who was still in training, did not have sirens activated when the ambulance crashed and a woman was killed
Oakland Fire Department paramedic Mike Scott urged the community to end the violence, adding that he’s “tired of seeing this” after 20 years on the job
Metro EMS paramedics Paul Sanchez and Darius Williams were extricated from the ambulance after it was struck by another vehicle going the wrong way on the highway
The shooting, which was apparently preceded by a fight, was reported at Gable House Bowl; no arrests were reported
Steven Jean-Pierre desperately tried to save his son as he struggled to breathe after apparently suffering from an allergic reaction to the smell of cooking fish
Fire department officials said the passengers made a split-second decision to leap from the moving vehicle in order to avoid crashing into trees
Witnesses’ accounts from the Thousand Oaks massacre paint a portrait of heroism that often goes unrecognized in mass shootings
Ali Acevedo expressed her thoughts on Jose Gonzalez before a Bronx Supreme Court hearing where a decision on his mental fitness for trial was delayed
