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
Lt. Hubert Harrison Jr., 63, served with the Baltimore County Fire Department and Community Rescue Service; the crash occurred after his fire dispatch shift
National Park Service says the climbers were well off preferred route and not using ropes when they fell
Police expect emergency workers to find more bodies as they clear the crash wreckage from the freeway
Witnesses say the Hawker Hunter fighter jet appeared to have crashed into a nearby road after it failed to pull out of a loop maneuver
The firefighters were identified as Tom Zbyszewski, 20, Andrew Zajac, 26, and Richard Wheeler, 31; survivor Daniel Lyon, 25, suffered burns to over 60 percent of his body
3 children were killed and triage was established for those injured after the bus overturned around a curve on a wet road
The woman, Delores Scott, 73, and her dog were killed; an EMS supervisor sustained minor injuries in the crash
Search and rescue efforts have been difficult on unstable ground after an avalanche of logs and mud engulfed a home under construction
Without advance directives, medics are often asked to trust distraught relatives who may not know the wishes of their dying loved ones
Sheriff describes fire that overtook their vehicle as a ‘hellstorm'; four other firefighters were injured
Both planes caught fire and broke apart when they hit the ground after colliding while approaching a California airport
The 24-year-old who died was trying to bring a 19-year-old off a window ledge when they both fell from the 14th story of a University of Hawaii dormitory
Leonard Robinson was known for visiting hospitalized children; he was checking the engine of his Batmobile on side of a Maryland highway and was struck by a car
Sgt. 1st Class Corey Hood injured in a midair collision with another jumper during a stunt
Traffic deaths were up 14 percent nationally in the first six months of the year, a result of more people on the road due to an improved economy and low gas prices
The family of Samantha Agins, 22, is comforted knowing that she died doing what she loved; the funeral service is today at 2 p.m.
Plane carried 54 people and nearly half a million dollars to deliver to poor families
The driver of a pickup truck crossed lanes into oncoming traffic on a La. highway and struck an ambulance
The 80-year-old patient, his daughter, the pilot, co-pilot and paramedic were all killed when the plane went down
The man entered a restricted area to search for his cellphone that he lost on the ride and was hit by the coaster
A small boat with six teenagers on a late-night river trip crashed into a bridge
Emergency crews used a sledgehammer to break into a unit for a man whose daughter called 911 after the apartment manager refused to hand over a key
According to the report, flakka caused Jermaine Benjamin to go into a delirium he couldn’t control, leading to death
Records show it took seven minutes for an EMS provider to arrive at the scene; witnesses criticized the speed of the response
The patient waited almost six hours for an ambulance and was initially told by a paramedic that he had “man flu”
Tara Kimberly Lindquist admitted to taking the money from a victim’s wallet to pay for her electric bill; two brothers, ages 18 and 14, died in the crash
A teenager is charged with shooting off-duty medic Quinn Boyer as he was stopped in his car sending a text message about medical equipment
The lawsuit filed last summer said that Ye Mengyuan, who was hurt during the crash, was left in a dangerous area and was run over by two firefighting vehicles
There was a significant post-crash fire; officials don’t know the cause of the crash
The chopper was carrying doctors and paramedics on their way to evacuate a sick soldier and went down amid bad weather