Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders鈥� job.
Years of preplanning aided the incident command of an MCI, building fire, technical rescue, hazmat, and terrorism crime scene all in one
Insights into the deadly Fla. condo collapse, how post-9/11 changes have improved incident command
The bill would also bar medics from administering certain drugs to assist law enforcement
Officials in Maui County say 271 structures were damaged or destroyed and dozens of people injured
Van-Far Paramedic Jason Bostic suffered multiple fractures in both legs and arms
Ashley Summers鈥� brother said she drank approximately 4 bottles of water over 20 minutes and was feeling lightheaded
Authorities say the bus carrying up to 50 people struck an embankment and a car on I-81 near Harrisburg.
Starke County Paramedic Michael Wilcox was killed in an ambulance crash and rollover
First responders in Kittitas County arrived in minutes and began treating the patients and keeping the fire from spreading
Mary Dutchess said every time she step into the Cumberland Goodwill EMS ambulance she thinks of her daughter
A shooting inside Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland ended hours later in a standoff in Gresham with a fatal officer-involved shooting
Swampscott first responders and Cataldo Ambulance Service were called for a problem with a rock crusher suspended above the quarry
Officials in Upper Makefield say they will change their operations to include an underwater search by the weekend
Family members saw the branch fall on the victim and called 911 when he did not come out from underneath it
Why EMS should use preparatory commands
The SUV caught fire, killing one passenger and leaving the driver and another passenger in critical condition
Paramedic Hunter Fruge was told he would have to learn to walk again after a crash that killed his partner
Buchanan County EMS Director, Dr. Scott Hall was killed when the utility vehicle he was driving overturned
Two Van-Far EMS members were flown to University Hospital in Columbus after a fatal head-on collision
Cumberland Goodwill EMS paramedic Taylor Shearer shared a personal lesson from a fatal incident
An EMT and patient are killed after their ambulance collided head-on with a tractor-trailer
It took police, firefighters and EMS working together to get this patient to the ambulance
Debris found during the search for the vessel 鈥渋s consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,鈥� said Rear Adm. John Mauger
A supercell struck Matador killing at least 4 people and causing widespread destruction
Springfield EMT Peggy Finley faces murder charges related to 鈥渃ompressional and positional asphyxia鈥� of a patient
Parma Heights paramedics were leaving the scene and were unaware the woman had approached the ambulance in the dark
Document in the ongoing special victims unit investigation alleges the teen with autism was given 10 milligrams of Versed to 鈥渟hut him up鈥�
First responders from Divernon and other locations moved injured people out of the storm that persisted for hours
Two workers were assessing the roof of the abandoned Blairsville school when it collapsed and they fell three stores
First responders had to work in rugged terrain in Larimer County to reach the converted school bus
鈥淪omething said you need to check again,鈥� Kyle Dowling said when he saw tire tracks leading over an embankment
Bell Ambulance EMT, FTO John Swanson was initially revived after being rescued from Lake Michigan
鈥淗e would give his life for anyone": Neighbors in the Brooklyn community are shocked over the death of Firefighter Mark Batista
