Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
A busy roadway is hands-down the most dangerous environment where we routinely work
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
Hurricane Helene flooding forces patients to a hospital roof, wipes out a VFD and downs a tree, killing two firefighters
The lawsuit argues that Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center failed to enforce violence and weapons policies despite staff complaints about earlier threats
Over a million pounds of timber collapsed, killing 12 and injuring dozens ahead of the Texas A&M University and University of Texas football game
An investigation is underway after residents called 911 and reported difficulty breathing
Louisville firefighters rescued several from inside the collapsed food coloring plant
Investigators believe a vehicle’s broken tailpipe to be the cause of the deaths in Clovis
Authorities said a business jet crashed into a vehicle outside of Falcon Field Airport in Mesa
An elderly couple who worked as poll workers in Wright County were killed when their vehicle was swept away in the flooding
The video was shown in court during the trial of Daniel Penny, who placed Jordan Neely in a chokehold after he allegedly threatened to kill other subway train passengers
New guidelines call for police to adopt restraint practices that emphasize medical awareness and collaboration with EMS to reduce fatalities
Michigan State Police said a semitruck driver did not see the backup in time and crashed into a dozen vehicles
Employees initially reported the victim missing from the floor before they found his body inside a machine in the Fort Worth plant
An EMS officer was responding to a call for a choking baby in Brooklyn at the time of the collision
Investigators believe a propane leak is the cause of an explosion in Van Alstyne
The Air Evac Lifeteam Bell 206 helicopter crashed while en route to pick up a patient, killing all three members aboard
An $85M wrongful death lawsuit accuses Newport News gross negligence and willful and wanton negligence
A pickup truck hauling a trailer crossed the median and collided with a mobile crane on I-83 in Baltimore County
Buncombe County officials previously reported 72 deaths and now defers to a state count of 42
The Custer County EMS medic was known as “a top-notch paramedic and an even better human being”
The collapsing radio tower, east of the city’s downtown area, did not fall on any structures
Bystanders passed survivors along a human chain after the collapse during festival on Sapelo Island
A 3-year-old girl who had experienced cardiac arrest later died after a collision between a Syracuse ambulance and a SUV
Workers in Simpson County were preparing the bridge for demolition when it collapsed
The lawsuit claims Gilbert EMS personnel minimized the patient’s blood pressure readings of 207/102 and 209/102, along with other complaints
23 people were treated for minor injuries after their commuter train struck a piece of a tree on the tracks in Mansfield Township
On Oct. 1, 2017, a gunman killed 58 people and injured hundreds during the Route 91 Harvest music festival
12 people were trapped 1,000 feet below ground at the Cripple Creek tourist site
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