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
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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
Authorities believe there were three gunmen involved in three shootings Wednesday morning
A new report claims the system delayed response to a fatal Easter weekend fire
He was the passenger in a car that failed to yield to traffic and pulled out in front of the vehicles
Officials say he crossed the center line and crashed into the tanker, which then hit two other cars
The lawsuit comes after the plane’s tank was filled with the wrong fuel in a crash that killed the patient, pilot, flight medic and flight nurse
They fell 65 feet after a ventilation grate collapsed at an outdoor concert
One resigns, one fired after not relaying information about the location of victims and an armed suspect as police and medics searched the area
Ambulances arrived 12 minutes after gunshots killed one man, 22, and seriously injured another
Capt. Thomas R. Weiss, a 22-year fire service veteran, had been flying planes for more than 34 years
The Halloween-themed hay ride careened down a hill and crashed into a tree, fatally injuring a 17-year-old girl; two others are hospitalized in critical condition
The NTSB released a report that relied heavily on the pilot who survived after the helicopter crashed and burst into flames, killing a flight nurse and patient on board
A motorist hit an ambulance, rolling it and killing a 71-year-old patient
The patient on board died; the flight nurse and a paramedic were still in critical condition as of Monday afternoon
He fled from a psychiatric hospital as he was being loaded into an ambulance, and was hit by several cars when he ran onto a nearby busy highway
Tom Cutinella, 16, was taken to the hospital after suffering a head injury and collapsing on the field
The responding EMS team’s director stresses the importance of “debriefing” after responding to tragic incidents
After administrating CPR during the incident a fellow educator is using her EMT certification to spread awareness among students
He and friends climbed a Carnival Cruise mast to see the sun rise over Miami when the radar system turned on, hit the student, and he fell to the deck below
“Not thinking about it helps me keep working forward and try to focus on where I want to be and not what’s happened in the past”
The fire was contained to an upstairs bedroom, where they were found unresponsive; Jon Sheridan had a role on Gov. Chris Christie’s transition team
Graphic footage shows truck driving over the top of a row of cars, then veering off course into a group on onlookers
Five more bodies were found as toxic gases and ash forced rescue workers to halt recovery efforts
Japan’s fire and rescue agency says 32 people are injured, 12 seriously
A tractor-trailer crossed the median and plowed into a Texas college softball team’s bus, killing four team members and injuring more than a dozen
The pedestrian bridge collapsed after the driver of a trash truck struck the overpass and was killed as it crashed onto a freeway
After being fired from a food processing plant, he severed a woman’s head and was attacking another woman before being shot and wounded by the CEO
The explosion occurred when a maintenance crew was cleaning out the storage tank in a remote part of the desert
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