Six months after a scathing internal report undressed a drastically inexperienced fire department and its handling of Contra Costa’s worst firefighting tragedy, the fire district has accomplished more than a fifth of an investigation team’s 115 recommendations. The Contra Costa Fire District is working on an additional 49 recommendations, sending firefighters "back to the basics,"...Read More
The parents of a baby girl killed in the October crash of a medical helicopter in Aurora today sued the companies that operated the chopper. The lawsuit, filed in Cook County Circuit Court against Air Angels Inc. and Reach Medical Holdings Inc., alleges widespread negligence and systemic failures to follow safety practices that would have prevented...Read More
ROCHESTER — The woman who suffered minor injuries after a car accident involving a Frisbie Memorial Hospital ambulance Sunday afternoon was charged with failing to yield to the emergency vehicle. Shannon Foster, 39, no street address provided, of Rochester was charged with the driving violation after an investigation into the accident that occurred on North...Read More
AKRON — Police arrested 32-year-old Charles Fortson, who they say attacked paramedics trying to assist a member of his family. Paramedics were called to a Delia Avenue house about 5 p.m. Dec. 10 to help someone who had fallen. Fortson became "very agitated and aggressive toward them," police Lt. Rick Edwards said. The paramedics tried...Read More
DELAWARE CITY — With distant sirens wailing their goodbye, fallen volunteer firefighter Michelle L. Smith was laid to rest Monday afternoon in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Smyrna. Steeped in symbolism and drenched in tears, the funeral for the firefighter killed in the line of duty included a procession of 135 emergency vehicles stretching for miles...Read More
by BARRETT ANDREWS, FOX Toledo News FREMONT, Ohio (WUPW) – Carmen Durney, a 33-year-old Fremont woman, allegedly stole an ambulance and took it for a nine-hour joyride over the Christmas holiday weekend, police say. "I looked out my window and saw an EMS van sitting," said Carol Coffman, who lives on Bloom Road. "There’s...Read More
