Posts Tagged: Accident
Motorcyclist killed after crashing into Miami Fire Rescue ambulance.
Firefighters and patient on ambulance not hurt.
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FF SAFETY: AF 447 : Conclusion (PART 5)
In trying to determine the cause, it’s almost instinctive to focus on the pilot at the controls, since it was his inputs which led to the nose high pitch and stall. Indeed, in all of the other cruise incidents where mis-matched speeds caused some com…
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FF SAFETY: AF 447 : Investigation (PART 4)
Today is the fourth in a five-part series exploring the loss of Air France Flight 447 and the lessons firefighters can learn about effective teamwork, communication and decision making in a high risk environment.
Air Speed and Pitot Tubes
The A-330…
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FF Safety: Air France 447 : Search (Part Two)
Today is the second of a five-part series exploring the loss of Air France Flight 447 and the lessons firefighters can learn about effective teamwork, communication and decision making in a high risk environment.
In the days immediately after the disa…
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FF Safety: Air France 447: 263 Seconds (Part One)
Today is the beginning of a five-part series exploring the loss of Air France Flight 447 and the lessons firefighters can learn about effective teamwork, communication and decision making in a high risk environment.
On May 31st, 2009, at about 22:30, …
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Portland Fire Boat Mishap Leads to Discipline
A captain and a firefighter from Portland, Maine have been suspended following a marine mishap with a fire boat that resulted in approximately $38,000 worth of damage.
Captain Christopher Goodall and Firefighter Joseph Murphy were operating The City o…
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Two Drivers Hurt in Wreck
IndependentMail.com
ANDERSON -- Anderson Fire Department Chief Dale Horne had blood spots on the front of his shirt after helping extract a driver following a Thursday afternoon wreck. Christopher Black, 30, was headed toward Anderson on East River St…
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A must see: Second video has clear shot of controversial NYPD ESU attempted extrication of Brooklyn motorcyclist from under car.
Video starts before firefighters and police arrive at the scene and shows the entire rescue operation.
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Raw video: Car falls as NYPD ESU tries to raise it off motorcyclist. Controversy in New York over man’s death.
NYPD and FDNY on the scene of man trapped under car Thursday morning.
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Unsolicited PR advice from STATter911.com on the Long Island drill team wreck. If you believe in & can justify what you are doing don’t run & hide. If not, change course.
What I have to say isn't very complicated, but is often missed by those in a position of leadership when they are angry and defensive about those nasty reporters breathing down their necks.
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Dash cam-video: Fire vehicle in Russia crashes and overturns.
Car pulls in front of responding fire vehicle.
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Oregon Fire Chief Cited In Crash That Destroyed Two Vehicles
[fblike]The Marion County Sheriff's Office says that Fire District 1 Chief Kevin Henson has been found at fault for a crash while responding to a commercial fire on Dec. 31. An electronic data recorder inside Chief Henson's SUV state he was traveling 62 …
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Chester FF Laid to Rest
CHESTER - It was probably the only time in his career as a firefighter that Robert Boyd didn't answer a call. Just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, a call went out over the scanner for Boyd with no response. Boyd was called twice more. There was no answer.
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Chester FF Killed in Car Crash on Christmas Eve
By Jamie Self - jself@heraldonline.com
CHESTER - A dedicated firefighter and community leader in Chester died in a car crash on Christmas Eve.
Robert Stewart Boyd Jr., 39, of 1625 Pinckney Road in Chester died of head trauma after he was ejected f…
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Video: Car Slams into Firetruck in Turkey
This video is via liveleak. Searching the internet for more information uncovered nothing.
I don't know if this is new or not, but I haven't seen it before.
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Boy Recovering From Severe Burns
HAMPTON - Family and friends are reaching out in prayerful support of a 5-year-old boy who was severely burned in an apparent accident over the weekend.
Jacob Nix, of Uncle Jim's Road, Varnville, suffered third degree burns on his stomach and face, a…
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Spokane, Wash., Fire Truck Hits Home
A Spokane fire truck responding to a call for a seizure hit the front porch of the home, after the crew left the vehicle. According to KXLY-TV, the crew entered the patient's home and heard the noise as the engine crashed into the porch. They had p…
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The Wheels on the Bus…
Perhaps you are an excellent "ambulance driver." Parapup never once has been able to make that claim.
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Airman Killed in Accident
NORTH CHARLESTON - A Charleston Airman was killed in a single-vehicle accident in Ladson, according to a spokesperson for the Charleston Air Force Base. The accident happened about 5:30 p.m. Monday at Koester and Ladson Roads, said North Charleston Polic…
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Vigilante Medic Saves the Day
Parapup is outraged and feels violated after having some of her personal effects stolen from the cab of the ambulance. Fret not, folks. Parapup's partner, Vigilante Medic, saves the day.
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Drugs, Dad, and Rock and Roll
Sometimes the goriest calls aren't the ones that get under your skin. The ones that remind you that you aren't invincible after bore into your soul.
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Tis’ the Season
One student was D.O.A. and the other seriously injured, requiring extrication and transport to the trauma center by helicopter; while the teenage driver was put through a full set of field sobriety tests, arrested and hand-cuffed in front of his peers.
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Violent Firetruck Crash in Indiana
The engine struck the SUV and drove it across the street and into a commercial parking lot where they ended up at a self-serve gasoline station.
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Zombie
Parapup encounters her first zombie. Science fiction, you say? Pshaw!
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My Rumor Is Better Than Your Rumor
Parapup gets her first rumor that spreads like wildfire. She may not have the first EMS rumor, but she contends that it may be the best one.
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