Posts Categorized: Ambulances
Ambulance Crash in North Carolina
A FIRST MED AMBULANCE COLLIDED WITH a delivery truck near Kinston, North Carolina, Wednesday evening. Both vehicles then went off the road with the ambulance taking out an electric pole and ending upside down.
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Ambulance Rollover in Massachusetts
A COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE unit was on a non-emergency patient transport Friday afternoon in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, when it collided with a car and was knocked onto its side.
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Two Georgia Firefighters Arrested For Stealing Drugs From Ambulance
TWO CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FIREFIGHTERS were arrested separately this week and charged with a variety of drug crimes involving fire department ambulances.
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Ambulance Wrecked by Stop-Sign Runner
A BLAINE, WASHINGTON, MAN WAS CHARGED Wednesday with failure to stop after he drove through a stop sign and crashed into an ambulance that was crossing the intersection
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UK Ambulance Rollover
AN EAST OF ENGLAND AMBULANCE SERVICE ambulance collided with a van Friday morning while carrying a patient...
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Job Openings
The need for additional resources including ambulances, stations, and medics to operate them, has come about for several reasons.
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Paramedic Steals Drugs, Goes to Jail, Keeps Job
A QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, PARAMEDIC STILL HAS his job and nobody knows why.
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Semi Wipes Out Ambulance at Accident Scene
A TOLEDO, OHIO, AMBULANCE WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED Saturday morning after a tractor-trailer jacknifed and crashed into the unit that was stopped at an accident scene.
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A Ticket to Free Parking
MERCHANTS ALONG East 34th STREET IN BROOKLYN, New York, got to wondering about an ambulance that was parked in front of an expired parking meter recently.
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Enough With the Sirens, Already!
RESIDENTS IN A FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, NEIGHBORHOOD who live across the street from the American Ambulance dispatch center say that their quality of life is in a shambles because of the incessant siren noise coming from the business.
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Ambulances to Back Off While Firetrucks Handle Medical Emergencies
CLARK COUNTY, WASHINGTON, COMMISSIONERS HAVE reached a controversial agreement with their emergency medical provider that will cut back on their responses while increasing the involvement of the fire units.
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This Month’s Most Reluctant Patient
A DAY-LABORER HAD TO BE FORCIBLY restrained before continuing his journey to the emergency room this past Saturday evening.
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Ambulance Crash Kills Patient, Driver
A PRIVATE AMBULANCE IN VIRGINIA COLLIDED head-on with a cement mixer truck Friday afternoon, leaving the driver of the ambulance dead and fatally injuring the patient.
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Ambulance vs. Horse in Pennsylvania
A 19-YR.-OLD BUGGY DRIVER IS LIABLE TO BE CHARGED after his horse pulled in front of an ambulance coming along the road in the opposite direction early Wednesday morning....
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5 Injured as Car Slams Into Ambulance
A CAR SPEEDING ON A DOWNTOWN STREET IN SEATTLE, Washington, early Saturday morning ran a red light and collided with a Seattle FD ambulance.
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Honolulu Ambulance Ramps Up Coverage As Hospitals Close
THE CLOSURE OF TWO HOSPITALS IN HONOLULU, HAWAII, this month has put stress on the remaining ER's as well as the city's ambulance service.
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Ambulance Fire in Carolina
A WAKE COUNTY EMS AMBULANCE caught fire inside the ambulance station in Raleigh, North Carolina, Thursday afternoon.
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Morning Lineup – December 27
Just how important is an ambulance, anyway?
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Ambulance Crash Leaves Four Injured in Los Angeles
FOUR PEOPLE INCLUDING TWO FIREFIGHTERS were injured Monday morning when a Los Angeles, California, Fire Department ambulance collided with an automobile at an intersection
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Naked Man Bails Out of Ambulance, Dies
AN ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, MAN WHO WAS being transported to a mental health facility for evaluation died Friday morning after jumping out of an ambulance and running in freeway traffic.
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Scary Moment for Ambulance Crew
A LAFAYETTE, INDIANA, AMBULANCE HAD ITS left side ripped off Thursday night by a passing truck.
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Ambulance Driver Charged With Negligent Homicide
THE EMSA AMBULANCE DRIVER in Oklahoma City who was involved in a fatal collision on December 10 has lost his job and been charged by police with negligent homicide.
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Sometimes a Lemon is Just a Lemon
But the reserve fleet is taking a hit since the FD bought a new Ford Med-Tech ambulance from Oshkosh Corp. two years ago.
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Jail Time For Ambulance Thief
A DRUNKEN SOCCER FAN WHO STOLE an ambulance so that he wouldn't have to walk home was sentenced to 4 months in jail Thursday.
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Fatal Ambulance Crash in Oklahoma
AN EMSA AMBULANCE IN OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, was involved in a collision Saturday morning with an automobile that left the driver of the car dead.
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