Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders鈥� job.
A busy roadway is hands-down the most dangerous environment where we routinely work
Hurricane Helene flooding forces patients to a hospital roof, wipes out a VFD and downs a tree, killing two firefighters
A patient was unresponsive after EMS administered sedatives to a postictal seizure patient restrained by police
The crime scene suffered extensive damage, complicating efforts to identify victims and determine the exact toll, Orebro police said
Prosecutors said the former Sioux City Fire Rescue paramedic failed to verify the medication before drawing it up and gave the patient rocuronium instead of ketamine
At least 22 people were injured when the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance plane crashed shortly after takeoff
Officials from the Oxford Center in Brighton said nothing like this has happened in over 15 years of providing hyperbaric oxygen therapy
Army Corps of Engineers Colonel Francis B. Pera said a 鈥渄ignified recovery鈥� of the victims takes precedence over all else
A child receiving treatment at Shriners Children鈥檚 Hospital, her mother, four Jet Rescue Air Ambulance crew members and a person on the ground were killed
The Jet Rescue Air Ambulance, carrying a child patient, passenger and four crew members, crashed shortly after takeoff
D.C. Fire Chief John Donnelly Sr. said the wreckage of the plane鈥檚 fuselage will probably have to be pulled from the water to get all the bodies
Investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder of the American Airlines plane that collided with an Army helicopter at Ronald Reagan National Airport
The latest victim was one of six patients flown to Arizona when the explosion out Hawaii鈥檚 only burn care facility at capacity
First responders have recovered at least 28 bodies from the Potomac River after the midair collision between a passenger plane and an Army helicopter
Officials said 28 bodies have been recovered from the crash involving an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter
A two-story house under construction on Weymouth collapsed, trapping one worker inside
A University of Colorado鈥檚 Colorado Springs spokesperson said the man was in the audience watching the event when the weight cleared the barrier and struck him
Coweta County Battalion Chief James Bartholomew Cauthen was killed and two others wounded when a resident fired on the trio during an MVC involving a deer
The former Sioux City Fire Rescue paramedic realized she had given the patient rocuronium when she went to administer a second dose of ketamine
Two first responders and three civilians were treated for hypothermia and other injuries after rescuing a child from a frozen pond in Guilford County
Officials in Fayette County and Somerset County agreed to a change after a patient died 3 miles from the closest EMS department
New red flag warnings are issued for severe winds of 50 mph through Wednesday
Firefighters from multiple states will help with at least four major fires burning around Los Angeles
Lieutenant William Oxendine served Stanly County for over 20 years as a medic, field training officer and volunteer firefighter
Ada County Paramedic Kody Hansen was less than a mile from his home when a driver passing a truck struck Hansen head-on
Video from a security camera captured the moment the plane hit the roof of the Fullerton furniture warehouse store
The Honolulu Fire Department reported there were 30 fireworks-related blazes between New Year鈥檚 Eve and New Year鈥檚 Day, a 30% increase from last New Year鈥檚 celebrations
Security camera footage shows the aircraft on its side as it crashed into the building in Fullerton
Officers in Ewing tried to reach a 6-year-old boy trapped in a fire on the fourth floor of a seven-story apartment
The fatal collision occurred while paramedics were responding to a separate incident in New Castle County
Authorities call 鈥渧ehicle as a weapon鈥� attacks a catalyst for reshaping cities, prompting concrete barriers and anti-vehicle obstacles in public and new spaces
Investigators say IDs and tattoos give a strong identification of the driver killed in the explosion outside the Las Vegas Trump hotel on New Year鈥檚 Day
Law enforcement identified the man as a U.S. Army Green Beret who deployed twice to Afghanistan
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