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November 28, 2016

EMS PERSONNEL ASSAULTED IN PENNSYLVANIA

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — A Doylestown man is facing assault charges after allegations of violence against EMS personnel. According to the criminal complaint filed by State College police, officers received a call at about 11:15 p.m. Oct. 21 about an intoxicated man along East Beaver Avenue. The caller claimed not to know who the man was,...
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AMBULANCE STRIKES POLICE CAR – PENNSYLVANIA

Nov. 27–A marked patrol car was struck by an ambulance on Friday in Upper Allen Township, according to township police. Upper Allen Township Police said an officer conducted a traffic stop on Route 15 north in the area of West Lisburn Road on Friday. When he was speaking to the driver of that vehicle, his...
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PARAMEDIC IN HELICOPTER CRASH LAID TO REST

NIBLEY, Utah (ABC4 Utah)- A very tearful and emotional service for a man who friends and family say had a comedic personality and was dedicated to his job 24-year-old paramedic Jake Shepherd was laid to rest Monday. Shepherd, from Tooele, was one of four people in a medical plane that crashed in Elko, Nevada on...
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CLOSE CALL AT TREE FIRE

A hollowed out tree was on fire.  We used a 10′ attic ladder and a 1 1/2″ attack line to reach one of the openings on the tree.   We had a nozzleman on the ladder with a firefighter heeling the ladder with another back-up firefighter along with 1 more firefighter standing close by the area. ...
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35 Year Old FIREFIGHTER SUCCUMBS TO OCCUPATIONAL CANCER

KENTUCKY FIRE DEPARTMENT MAJOR SUCCUMBS TO CANCER Its with great sadness that we pass on the loss of another young Firefighter to occupational cancer away on the morning of November 23, 2016, Major A Firefighter since 1999 as a fire fighter for the Highview Fire Department and as their Fire Marshall since 2013, not only...
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EX FIRE CHIEF/FIRE POLICE CAPTAIN DIES IN THE LINE OF DUTY – NEW YORK

We regret to pass on to you that Past Fire Chief Merle L. Nell, age 78, passed away early Saturday morning Nov. 26, 2016 in St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center after being stricken in the Line of Duty while on a fire call with the Vernon (NY) Volunteer Fire Department. He was a life member and past...
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