Funeral details have been released for Hanover County (Virginia) Fire Lieutenant Brad Clark, 43, killed in the Line of Duty after a tractor-trailer struck his fire apparatus, which then struck him and his crew while working a crash during Tropical Storm Michael Thursday … [Read more...]
As you may or may not be aware, there is a new standard for active shooter/hostile events with guidance on fire department, EMS and whole community planning, response, and recovery...and there is a no cost webinar coming soon so you can learn directly about it. NFPA 3000p*, is … [Read more...]
Two paramedics and one other person had to be extricated from their vehicles after the ambulance and a car crashed on U.S. 19 in Largo (near Tampa) early Thursday morning. The crash happened around 3:35 a.m. in the northbound lanes of U.S. 19, at 150th Avenue North. The Sunstar … [Read more...]
Bad news out of Paris tonight as 3 Firefighters were attacked this evening (Tuesday) while they were operating in the Paris suburbs in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. They were on an EMS job assisting a male with some sort of emotional or psychological emergency, the patient had a … [Read more...]
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19-year-old woman was charged in connection with an attack on two Chicago Fire Department paramedics in the back of an ambulance that was also struck by a bullet during the episode in Englewood early Sunday, police said. Latorya Thigpen, of the Parkway Gardens neighborhood, is … [Read more...]
11 people were injured when an ambulance carrying a patient T-boned a minivan yesterday afternoon. Around 4:10 p.m. the ambulance was driving westbound on Galena Boulevard with lights and sirens activated when it crashed into a minivan traveling south on West Street. The … [Read more...]
A Hamilton Township police officer (Warren County near Cincinnati) accidentally shocked a firefighter with her Taser while trying to get a patient under control. So, she apologized with a cake. Officer Darcy Workman was helping the fire department on an EMS call last week. When … [Read more...]
A three-day jury trial has been scheduled for an ambulance driver/EMT charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a Feb. 27 accident on U.S. 17 in Virginia in which a patient later died. Matthew Alexander Vancamp, 30, is also charged with reckless driving. He was … [Read more...]
The Medina Sheriff's Office (Ohio) confirms that a Deputy was struck by an area FD ambulance Thursday morning. The incident happened on Friendsville Road, according to an area fire chief. The deputy was struck when the ambulance rolled into reverse during an ambulance call to … [Read more...]
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