A child was among five people injured when a vehicle and an ambulance collided Wednesday in Englewood on the South Side. The two-vehicle pin-in crash happened shortly after 11 a.m. near 71st Street and Loomis Boulevard, according to Chicago police and fire officials. Two paramedics in the ambulance were taken to Christ Medical Center in...Read More
A Cincinnati 911 dispatcher has been suspended for allegedly failing to send help to a man suffering a stroke last month, according to reports. City Manager Patrick Duhaney, in a Monday email to City Council, called the dispatcher’s supposed failure, “a serious neglect of duty,” Fox 19 reported. “What took place on the night of...Read More
SALT LAKE CITY — Some of Utah’s 911 dispatch centers are understaffed, take too long to respond to calls and hire employees that lack the necessary certifications, according to a recent legislative audit that Senate President Stuart Adams called “troubling.” Presenting before the Legislative Audit Subcommittee on Tuesday, audit supervisor Jake Dinsdale highlighted his main...Read More
8/20/1854 two Richmond, VA firefighters “were killed from the injuries they sustained while fighting a fire when a wall collapsed.” 8/20/1900 a Peoria, IL firefighter “died from injuries sustained while fighting a fire at the F.C. Carroll Ice-House at 166 North Fayette Street. At 1:45 a.m. Box Alarm 7 sounded a fire at the Peoria...Read More
