Active Shooter
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鈥淔or person after person, it was the firefighters over and over again trying to be helpful in some way,鈥� Second Assistant Chief Rob Sibley recalls of members鈥� support for the community
鈥淚 needed to help them. I needed to make sure that our people were good and we could take care of these people, and that鈥檚 why I chose to stay.鈥�
CAL FIRE Captain Chris Wetzel and his treating mental health provider detail his road from defeat to appreciation in the aftermath of tragedy
Nine of the victims were hit by gunfire and five others were hurt as people fled to exits
Six children were transported to Arkansas Children鈥檚 Hospital in Little Rock, and most had been released by Sunday afternoon
None of the injuries were life-threatening; police have taken a suspect into custody
Jeremic Medina-Dorta, 27, was engaged in a struggle against an EMT, a paramedic and a police officer when he grabbed the officer鈥檚 weapon and fired
Police officers secured the scene and took suspects into custody; EMS providers transported the injured to hospitals
The officer, who was fired, faces three counts of felony wanton endangerment for allegedly blindly firing 10 shots from outside the building
Vidal 鈥淢ax鈥� Fortuna was a 20-year veteran of the Stockton Fire Department
鈥淭his guy was 1,000% about to shoot us. I鈥檓 still shocked that he didn鈥檛,鈥� one of the EMS providers said
Police were called to a Forsyth County EMS station after a man with a gunshot wound walked to the facility seeking medical treatment
Lawton first responder Leif Johnson said an assailant fired a shot that struck the rig 鈥渁bout four inches from my right shoulder鈥�
The wounded man and woman drove away from the scene of the incident in Arlington
Kyle Garrett, 23, worked at the Bell County 911 Center alongside his cousin and best friend
The Kansas Board of Emergency Medical Services probe opens the possibility for state sanctions against Sedgwick County EMS
In the wake of three deadly MCIs in November, only 11% of poll respondents said their agency is fully staffed and trained for a mass casualty incident
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder and terrorism for a shooting that killed four and wounded seven others
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested, the sheriff鈥檚 office said
The Brevard County medic allegedly said: 鈥淭he reason that you were shot in the ankle as opposed to elsewhere, the torso or the head, is because of your ethnicity鈥�
鈥淲e try to be prepared for everything, and this is just another piece of that,鈥� Battalion Chief Ryan Miller said
Three people were transported to area hospitals, according to officials at the scene
Gaige Grosskreutz, trained as a paramedic, went to Kenosha, Wis. on the third night of 2020 protests to provide medical assistance to anyone injured in the demonstrations
Those injured at the Texarkana party were transported by ambulance, police unit and private vehicles to two hospitals
Drs. Antevy, Piehl and Spiro on trauma intubation, simple thoracostomy training and evidence-based medicine
It was not clear if Baldwin was performing at the time of the shooting or how many rounds were fired, and little was known about the weapon
Robert Kelley was a paramedic with the Killeen Fire Department when a gunman killed 23 people and injured 20 more at an area restaurant
The city has implemented a safety initiative after ambulances had difficulty accessing the bar district area after a mass shooting
At least three of the injured people are students, and three of the four injured were taken to hospitals
鈥淚t鈥檚 always emotional,鈥� a survivor said. 鈥淭he fact that we鈥檝e come together and not let evil win is so amazing鈥�
The paramedic was with a patient at Stroger Hospital when he was grazed by a bullet from a drive-by shooting
A gunman attacked a Collierville Kroger, killing one person and injuring a dozen more; he was found dead from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound
Taylor Brandt credits her tactical emergency medical training from the department for being able to give nine people another chance at life
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