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Man Moved Conn. Ambulance With Medics, Patient Inside

Police arrested a 52-year-old who allegedly moved an ambulance while medics treated a patient in the back in Danbury.

News • April 23rd, 2013

Funding, Needed Repairs Sideline Wash. Apparatus

"The city shop has been working overtime on this," Fire Chief San Smoke said. "We've got parts in and hope to have (the ladder truck) back in service within the next two weeks."

News • April 20th, 2013

Civil Trial in Fatal Va. Fire Truck Crash Delayed

A jury trial tied to lawsuits about the deaths of two volunteer firefighters in Rocky Mount in July 2010 had been scheduled to begin Monday but has been postponed until September.

News • April 18th, 2013

Stabbing Victim Crashes Into Upstate N.Y. Fire Truck

A man crashed into an Rochester, N.Y. fire truck with his car after being stabbed while trying to intervene in a fight.

News • April 13th, 2013

Md. Engine Took Wrong Turn En Route to Fatal Fire

An engine that took a wrong turn and got stuck heading to a fatal fire near Myersville is one of several issues and mistakes causing concerns among officials.

News • April 5th, 2013

N.M. Dept. Buys $1M of EMS Gear For Fire Engines

In a move to reduce emergency response times, Albuquerque will buy nearly $1 million in new paramedic equipment and reassign medics to engines and firefighters to rescue units.

News • April 4th, 2013

Minnesota Police Chase Ends in Rollover Crash

A driver fleeing police in a stolen car was injured along with a person in another vehicle in St. Paul on Wednesday morning.

News • April 3rd, 2013

Ejected Patient Calls 911 to Report Ga. Ambulance Wreck

After being ejected from the back on an ambulance, a patient called 911 to report the wreck.

News • April 2nd, 2013

Three Fla. Firefighters Hurt in Fire Engine Crash

Three Lake Worth firefighters were hurt when the engine they were in heading to a fire collided with a car at an intersection. The car's driver was seriously injured.

News • March 31st, 2013

Utah Airport Gets New ARFF Rig, Can They Use It?

The Ogden-Hinckley Airport has a new Panther airport crash truck, but a sequestration plan to close the airport's control tower could make its delivery moot.

News • March 28th, 2013

Maine Dept. Ends Fire Truck Worries With Purchases

The decision to keep a brand new engine and to purchase a 2002 used model resolves Millinocket's apparatus deficiencies.

News • March 28th, 2013

Missouri Fire Chief Seriously Hurt in Tanker Rollover

Potosi's fire chief was partially ejected from the tanker truck he was driving when it overturned as he was responding to a mutual aid fire call Monday.

News • March 26th, 2013

Four People Hurt in Collision with D.C. Engine

Four people were taken to George Washington Hospital with minor injuries after a traffic accident involving DC Fire Engine 14 on Thursday.

News • March 16th, 2013

Four Calif. Firefighters Hurt in Engine Wreck

A Buena Park engine went out of control and hit a large pine tree, nearly ripping the apparatus body in two as it was traveling to a medical call Wednesday night.

News • March 14th, 2013

Stroke Victim Transported in D.C. Fire Truck

District firefighters were forced to take a man suffering from a stroke to a hospital in a fire truck Thursday evening because the closest ambulance was seven miles away.

News • March 8th, 2013

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