Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
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
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?
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
Patrick Stein’s family sued the ambulance service and hospital, alleging that the paramedics who transported him were not informed he was a psychiatric patient
Sandy Key, 48, had been recovering from injuries she sustained in a vehicle crash earlier this month when she died in the hospital
The calls offer a chilling glimpse into the moments when the Camp fire arrived at the Butte County’s doorstep
Worcester EMS paramedic Sean Doherty penned the poem “December Mourn” in honor of firefighter Christopher Roy
A court-appointed psychologist found Jose Gonzalez, who is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Yadira Arroyo, unsuitable to stand trial
Nyema Jackson’s family is suing both West Tennessee Healthcare and Deborah Schichtel, who was driving the ambulance at the time of the crash
The EMS provider was responding to a call when the November crash occurred and had been on duty since 8 a.m. the previous date
An investigation into the 2016 fatal shooting of John Ulmschneider found responders were not warned of the possibility of guns on scene
MedFlight flight paramedic Mark Potter, 28, was found dead of an unknown cause
Nicole Van Heel, 34, died of a pulmonary embolism, a complication from a stroke she suffered in June
Hundreds of first responders came to pay their respects to pilot Todd Lasky, nurse Bonnie Cook and paramedic Chris Iverson
Firefighters, paramedics and EMTs, though accustomed to death, need to process grief when losing someone close to them
Joseph Rodriguez, 59, died of lung cancer he contracted from the hours he spent assisting in rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero
Bonny Senger and Bismarck Air Medical pilot Todd Lasky were together for five months before he died
The Camp Fire death toll climbed to 81 after the remains of two more people were found, authorities said