The driver of a BMW that crashed into a Hillsboro ambulance late Tuesday night on Northwest 185th Avenue and Cornell Road in Hillsboro remains in serious condition at a Portland hospital. Tien Nguyen, 28, was transported to Legacy Emanuel Hospital via … [Read more...]
WINTER PARK HELPS DESIGN SAFER AMBULANCE
The new seats and 5-point harnesses should improve treatment for patients.Robert PeRezSentinel Staff WriterFebruary 28, 2006WINTER PARK -- Paramedics and EMTs take precautions to avoid the dangers of their jobs. But they have little control over being bounced around in the … [Read more...]
Several people are being treated in various area hospitals after a crash between an SUV and an ambulance.Police say the driver of the Jeep Grand Cherokee was heading south on West 100th Street and ran a red light at North Marginal. Police say that the jeep then broadsided the … [Read more...]
TRACTOR-TRAILER SLAMS MISSISSIPPI AMBULANCE
Tractor-trailer slams Mississippi ambulance, tying up traffic for hours on I-65Three people injured, but none seriously Ambulance crew members responding to an accident became victims themselveswhen an 18-wheeler rig hauling bottled water slammed into their vehicle'srear … [Read more...]
The firefighter was doing routine flushing of some fire hydrants when the accident happened. A stretch of Geyer was shut down for two hours while police investigated. Authorities say the driver who hit the fireman stopped immediately. Claire Budd with the City of Kirkwood … [Read more...]
Grand Rapids - A Grand Rapids firefighter was hospitalized after a house fire turned into a dangerous backdraft situation.At 1:45 this afternoon, firefighters were inside a home in the 300-block of Indiana Avenue SW and the whole place lit up in flames.Firefighters say it looked … [Read more...]
STAY AWAY…FAR AWAY UNTIL THE COPS ADVISE IT IS SAFE!
...and in this case-maybe the BEST solution is to give THEM the tools?? Approx 2345 on 7 February 2006 Engine 4 was Dispatched to assist Police by Forcing-entry on a residence where "shots were reportedly fired." Call location was a Condo complex consisting of long … [Read more...]