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April 2, 2013

CLOSEST FIREHOUSE RESPONSE? MUTUAL AID? AUTOMATIC AID? The Death Of A Family Raises Questions…Once Again

When the Dunsmuir family called 911 from inside their burning home, three fire halls were within a six-kilometre radius. Only one had full-time staff capable of an immediate response. That hall in Newmarket never got the call, said Chief Ian Laing of Central York Fire Services, Ontario, Canada.Kevin Dunsmuir, 55, his wife Jennifer, 51, and...
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Car, ambulance crash in west Charlotte – North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) -Traffic in west Charlotte is moving around a wreck involving a car and Med Center Air ambulance. Sky 3 is flying above the scene. The crash blocked part of the intersection at West Boulevard and Barringer Drive, but drivers are able to move around the scene. Medic said one person was treated...
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Intersection back open after SUV vs. ambulance crash – Indiana

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – Drivers were asked to avoid an area near Edgelea Elementary School in Lafayette as crews worked on an ambulance vs. SUV crash at a nearby intersection. UPDATE at 1:20 p.m.: LPD says the intersection of 18th Street and Iroquois Trail is back open. According to Lafayette dispatchers, just before 11:30 a.m....
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Patient Ejected From Ambulance In I-575 Accident – Georgia

By Kristal Dixon A patient and two medics riding in anAmeriMed Emergency Medical Servicesambulance was injured in an accident early Sunday morning in Canton. According to a Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services press release, dispatchers received a call around 2 a.m. Sunday from the driver of the ambulance notifying them of the accident, which occurred along Interstate...
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