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?
The school says police believe the Friday morning shooting “started from a domestic situation”
EMT Sherry Baca is being sued for failure to provide adequate medical care in the 2016 death of Joseph Jaramillo
Former Detroit Fire Department EMT Ann Marie Thomas was fired after refusing to treat a baby despite being less than a mile away
When paramedics found high school student Maddy Wilford, they thought she was dead due to the multiple gunshot wounds she had suffered
The video shows nurses failing to help administer aid to James Dempsey as he pleaded for help and laughing as they struggled to get his oxygen machine to work
911 dispatcher Jenna Bixby died after retired minister Richard Shaka hit her vehicle while driving the wrong way down the road
Miha Sumi’s fatal fall from Mount Hood fall was witnessed by nearly a half-dozen other climbers who called 911 as they watched helplessly
Jeremy Pinkley, 29, was pronounced dead at the scene of the two-vehicle crash
Leland Brown II died after it took 19 minutes for an ambulance to arrive to treat him for what was determined to be cardiac arrest
The president’s address comes a day after a former student opened fire at a Florida high school, killing 17 people and injuring 14 more
To reduce the dying from active shooter incidents the killing and bleeding has to be stopped quicker
EMS providers must be prepared to protect their communities at a moment’s notice
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detainer that would allow them to remove Jose Martin Duran Romero if he’s released from local custody
The first two shootings happened in the afternoon, when fights broke out near the traditional parade route
American Medical Response regional director Scott White said EMS attendant Garry Johns was a quiet, but personable employee
Nevada Highway Patrol said the driver of the AMR ambulance lost control while driving on a slick ramp
Police said Jose Duran Romero’s blood alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit, and he had bloodshot, glassy eyes at the time of the crash
Sam Grafton was kayaking on a river with friends when he fell in the water and drowned
The An-148 regional jet disappeared from radar screens a few minutes after departing from the airport en route to the city of Orsk
Crews decided to “chemically restrain her so that she could be safely transported;" paramedics gave her medication and she stopped breathing shortly after that
Officials said Capt. Kyle Brayer was riding in a golf cart when a man in a vehicle shot him in the head
Amtrak’s Silver Star was on its way from New York to Miami with eight crew members and about 140 passengers when the crash happened
A complicated 911 call involving a translator, third-party caller and multiple dispatchers captured the futile efforts to revive a 12-year-old boy
The 12 deaths have been ruled homicides but no one has been charged; a criminal investigation is ongoing
Providers said more needs to be done in the industry to prevent incidents like the crash that killed EMT Mousa Chaban
Several GOP lawmakers who are doctors got off the train to assist and treat some of the victims
An autopsy said the 32-year-old Rajesh Maruti Maru inhaled poisonous amounts of liquid oxygen that leaked during frantic moments to pull him to safety
Kevin French was sentenced for striking and killing a teen who was riding his bike while driving an ambulance under the influence
Joanne Borgel’s colleagues say she dedicated herself to building up York County Control at a time when no one even knew what 911 was
Kevin Hauber, a 24-year veteran with the Buffalo Grove Fire Department, lost his four-year-long battle with colon cancer
