Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
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
Paying tribute to the memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to their communities
Losing a partner in this field cuts deeper than in most; here’s a reflection on my recent loss and what it means to me
One year after the tragic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, officials and families honored the six workers who lost their lives
AMR EMT Jacob Bozeman’s family and coworkers remember him for his compassion and dedication to helping others
The lawsuit alleges EMS workers left without helping a man who had called for emergency aid — only for his son to find him dead the next day
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said its count of confirmed measles cases in the U.S. surpassed 2024
Residents across the South and Midwest began cleanup Monday after deadly storms, wildfires, and tornadoes swept through seven states
A fire broke out at Club Pulse in Kocani, reportedly ignited by a pyrotechnics display during a concert at the longtime venue, which was converted from a carpet warehouse
A fatal explosion at a Troy medical facility’s hyperbaric oxygen therapy chamber claimed the life of a five-year-old boy and injured his mother
The cockpit voice recorder on the medical transport plane that crashed killing seven, had likely been nonfunctional for years, according to a NTSB report
Authorities believe speed was a factor when a Tesla crashed into a house in Woodridge, killing two people
A burned e-bike was found in the Queens house along with propane tanks and home oxygen
A judge sentenced the driver to seven years after he pleaded guilty to the wrong-way crash that killed off-duty Independence Firefighter/Paramedic Harold “Gene” Eddins
Mammoth Mountain Ski Patroller Claire Murphy was doing avalanche mitigation on Lincoln Mountain when snow broke loose
Nearly 75% of nonfatal private sector attacks in 2021 and 2022 were directed at healthcare and social assistance workers at a rate more than five times the national average
West York Borough Police Officer Andrew Duarte died in a shooting inside UPMC Memorial Hospital
Lt. Nelson Seto called 911 reporting breathing trouble, but EMTs left when he didn’t answer the door; hours later, he was found dead
Officials have removed most of the 26 vehicles involved in the I-80 tunnel crash that killed at least three people and seriously injured five
A man was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead after being stuck 25 feet up in a palm tree
Video shows the singer’s private jet skidding off the runway at Scottsdale Airport; the singer was not on the aircraft at the time of the crash
The Richlands firefighter/EMT was on his way home from paramedic class when he was involved in an MVC
A motorist passing another car on Highway 28 near Wenatchee struck a charter bus head-on
The crash injured two Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crew members and left the ambulance overturned following the impact at an intersection
The ambulance slid on the ice and struck the bystander who was directing them to the scene
What started as a routine transport for two EMTs turned into heartbreak when the medical jet carrying their young patient crashed just minutes after takeoff
Authorities said the shooter had been at work “for some time” before opening fire inside the cosmetics warehouse in New Albany
Dive teams worked in rough conditions on the Potomac River to raise several pieces of the American Airlines jet
The crime scene suffered extensive damage, complicating efforts to identify victims and determine the exact toll, Orebro police said
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