PORTLAND, Ore. October 15th 2021— The same caller would dial the 911 emergency line 30 to 40 times a month, reporting she had fallen out of bed and was unable to get up. Each time, at least four Portland firefighters on an engine or ladder truck, along with an ambulance, would typically respond to the […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. September 16 2021 — Documents obtained by a local news station reveal the city’s ambulance provider was unable to respond to hundreds of emergency calls over the last year. Documents from a public records request revealed that Three Rivers Ambulance Authority was unable to respond to 813 calls made between July 2020 and […]
DeKalb County GA Sept 5 2021 A Georgia EMT has died after being struck by a vehicle. Early Saturday morning, Logan Wade and his partner were traveling in a non-emergency vehicle and stopped to render aid at a car crash, according to American Medical Response (AMR). The two were providing aid until other emergency officials […]
DENVER CO Sept 2 2021 — Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday that a grand jury indicted three officers and two paramedics in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago in suburban Denver. The 23-year-old’s death gained widespread attention during […]
Niagara County AL Aug 28 2021 A public safety officer and fire company volunteer in western New York died after being run over by an apparatus backing up at a mutual aid fire scene. According to a release by the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened Tuesday evening during a fire in the town […]
DENVER CO July 9 2021 Colorado is about to become the first state in the country with its own emergency brigade of health care workers. Gov. Jared Polis signed a new law creating the nation’s first Health Service Reserve Corps. The corps will be similar to how the National Guard is deployed. The team will be […]
Boulder CO July 9 2021 A man has been arrested after he reportedly taped a road flare to a propane tank, lit it and threw it at people outside a Boulder fire station. Mark Stephen Szyperek, 58, was arrested Monday on suspicion of four counts of attempted first-degree assault with a deadly weapon, fourth-degree arson and […]
Los Angeles CA June 2 2021 A shooter opened fire Tuesday morning at a fire station north of Los Angeles, touching off a rapidly unfolding series of events in the Santa Clarita Valley. One firefighter was killed in the shooting, according to a county supervisor. The shooting happened just before 11 a.m. at Los Angeles […]
PORTLAND OR May 11 2021 — Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan said Thursday he wants to slowly expand the city’s experimental new program to dispatch a non-police response to people experiencing homelessness or a mental health crisis. That position, which Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Mingus Mapps also support, effectively thwarts Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty’s attempt to […]
Selbyville DE April 15 2021 A fire police officer with the Selbyville (DE) Volunteer Fire Company was killed after being struck at the scene of a motor vehicle accident, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. On Friday, April 9, 2021, Fire Police Officer Laura Madara, 56, was working at the scene of a vehicle accident and […]