All, This Week: November 18-22, 2024 Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW) is an opportunity to make a difference individually and jointly for roadway safety during traffic incidents by teaching each other and the motoring public about our common goal and responsibility for safe, quick clearance. The goal of Crash Responder Awareness Week is to reach out...Read More
A scary situation for an ambulance crew and patient unfolded early Monday in Marshall County. The sheriff’s office says a Marshall Medical Center ambulance was taking a patient to Decatur around 1 a.m. when another driver threw a full can of soda at the ambulance, smashing its windshield. The incident happened on Union Grove Road....Read More
By IAFF: A law amending Pennsylvania’s Workers’ Compensation Act to lower the burden of proof for first responders with post-traumatic stress injury (PTSI) was signed recently by Gov. Josh Shapiro and will go into effect Oct. 30, 2025. This was a big win for the Pennsylvania Professional Fire Fighters Association, which had lobbied hard for...Read More
A retired firefighter who had been suffering from PTSD killed himself after being left alone in a hospital room for 48 hours. John Pratt, 54, was found hanged after he had been left alone in a hospital room with two chairs and a sofa, an inquest heard. Janine Carden, his partner, had earlier pleaded with...Read More
DETROIT (FOX 2) – The mental health crisis knows no boundaries and for the second time in less than a month, Detroit’s first responders are dealing with a tragedy involving one of their own. TJ Jackson and other neighbors watched as a mental health crisis happened right in front of them on Northlawn near Fenkell...Read More
