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All Line of Duty Deaths
Kindred, N.D. EMT Dies While On Duty
- 2009 Jun 30
A Kindred (N.D.) EMT died on June 25, 2009 after suffering cardiac event while on duty.
N.M. State Police Search and Rescue Helicopter Pilot and Hiker Die in Crash
- 2009 Jun 22
A helicopter pilot and hiker were killed last week when a New Mexico State Police helicopter crashed after rescuing the hiker from an area near Santa Fe Baldy mountain.
JEMS Editorial Board Member Killed in Iraq
- 2008 Dec 26
Major John Pryor, MD, a member of the JEMS Editorial Board was killed by mortar fire on Christmas Day in Iraq while serving as a trauma surgeon in the United States Army Reserve Medical Corps., 1st Forward Surgical Team (FST).
Baltimore Medic Dies At Fire Station
- 2008 Oct 20
There is still no determination as to why a 32-year-old Baltimore County paramedic/firefighter died while on duty Wednesday night.
EMT, Patient, Two Police Die in Md. Medevac Crash
- 2008 Sept 28
An EMT, two Maryland State Police officers and the patient they were transporting died after a Sept. 28 air ambulance crash.
Van Hemme Dies on Way to Work
- 2008 Sept 26
Peterborough EMS paramedic Steven Van Hemme died Aug. 26 in a crash while on his way to work.
Ind. Medic Dies on Way to Work
- 2008 Sept 25
Wayne Township (Ind.) Fire Department Paramedic Vania Shields, 33, died on her way to work.
L.A.F.D. Paramedic Just Dies of Aneurysm
- 2008 Sept 25
L.A. Fire Department Station 69 Paramedic James A. Just, 61, died early September 12 of a ruptured aortic aneurysm.
Labrusciano Dies on Duty
- 2008 Sept 16
Paramedic Lisa Labrusciano died Sept. 16 while on duty with DVA Ambulance in Flint, Mich.
Medic Dies in Crash on Way to Work
- 2008 Aug 2
A paramedic from Quebec, Canada died after the car she was driving collided with a car that had been reported stolen. She was on her way to work when the crash happened.
Ind. Medic Dies on Duty
- 2008 Jul 25
Paramedic Mark E. Marvel, 45, died on July 25, 2008 of a cardiac event while on duty....
Paramedic Killed in Standoff
- 2008 Jul 20
A firefighter/paramedic from Maplewood, Mo. was killed after a Monday morning shooting incident.
Missouri Volunteer Bill Poley Dies on July 4
- 2008 Jul 4
Bill Poley was killed when a fireworks mortar struck him as he was assisting with loading the mortars at a fireworks show.
Malissa M. Mercer, EMT, Dies on Way to Work
- 2008 Jul 1
Malissa M. Mercer, a 21-year-old EMT for Mobile Medical Response in Saginaw, Mich., died on June 8 while reporting for her shift.
Ohio Firefighter/Paramedic Dies after Stroke
- 2008 Jun 28
Whitehouse (Ohio) Firefighter/Paramedic Gary L Studer died from injuries sustained in the line of duty on June 28, 2008.
Delaware Medic Dies in Crash
- 2008 Jun 17
Stephanie Callaway was attending to a patient in an ambulance en route to a Delaware hospital when the ambulance crashed, claiming her life and that of her patient.
Ky. Medic Killed in Crash
- 2008 Jun 26
A Garrard County EMT was killed when he crashed his car on his way home from work.Chris...
Flight Paramedic Victim Remembered
- 2008 Jun 10
Stephanie Waters, 27, died in the helicopter crash Sunday while taking a patient from Huntsville to Houston.
Volunteer Firefighter Dies Rushing to Call
- 2008 Feb 13
The 19-year-old volunteer firefighter lost control of his pickup while responding to a call and was thrown from the truck. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
Capt. Donald Hubbel
- 2008 Feb 4
Capt. Donald Hubbel, of Baltimore City Rescue Company #1, died Feb. 1, 2008.
Line of Duty Death: Edward P. Mueller
- 2008 Feb 2
Funeral services for West Islip (N.Y.) Fire Department EMT-D Edward P. Mueller are Feb. 9.
Line of Duty Death: Cheryl Kiefer
- 2008 Jan 28
Cheryl Kiefer, a 23-year-old Michigan EMT, was killed on-duty on Jan. 26 when the driver of an SUV lost control and rolled over on top of Kiefer, who was assisting a woman whose truck had spun into a ditch.
Line of Duty Death Notice - KY
- 2008 Jan 22
While Christa Dawn Burchett was assisting a patient into an ambulance a coal truck lost control on the icy road striking and killing both Christa and the patient.
Line of Duty Death: Louis Berra
- 2008 Jan 25
Funeral services will be held on Monday for Louis Berra, a firefighter/paramedic who died on the job on Jan. 18.
Services, Funeral Held for Baltimore Medic
- 2008 Jan 18
Baltimore County, Md. Firefighter/paramedic Jarrett Dixon was remembered in services on Jan. 18.
Line of Duty Death Notice - AL
- 2007 Dec 30
Allan Wayne Bragwell was killed when the helicopter he was in crashed while looking for a lost hunter.
Untimely Passing of an EMS Legend
- 2007 Dec 17
Kline DeWire, NREMT-P, died an untimely death at age 44.
Missouri Firefighter Struck by Car
- 2007 Dec 17
A Richland (MO) Firefighter suffered serious injuries Sunday evening when he was struck by a car while assisting at the scene of a motor vehicle accident.
EMS Lieutenant, 9/11 Responder Dies
- 2007 Nov 29
Devoted EMS responder, Lt. Brian Ellicott, died of cancer on November 26.
Air-Ambulance Crash Kills Three
- 2007 Oct 7
Three medical workers were killed Friday on their way to pick up a patient when their air-ambulance flight crashed in southwestern Colorado.
Missouri EMT Dies of Heart Attack
- 2007 Aug 30
Missouri EMT George Beeler died on Aug. 17 from a cardiac arrest while on duty with Slater Ambulance District in Slater, Mo.
Wayne Topping of the Burlington Fire Department dies at 48
- 2007 Aug 27
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Wayne Topping of the Burlington Fire Department.
Paramedic Richard H. Powers dies at 45
- 2007 Aug 15
Paramedic Richard H. Powers, 45, of Gloucester, MA passed away in the Line of Duty on July 30, 2007 from a massive heart attack.
Medical plane crash kills all 5 onboard
- 2007 Aug 8
The airplane crew has been identified as flight nurse Brian Miller, 44, from Roswell; paramedic Deanna Palmer, 40, from Arizona; and pilot Ricky Byers, 56, from Texas.
Pilot James Archer of North MS Aeromedical Services
- 2007 Jul 30
WREN, Mississippi – Pilot James Archer of North MS Aeromedical Services died in a helicopter accident on January 06, 2005 in the Line of Duty. Archer served 18 years in the EMS profession.
Collision leads to paramedic's death
- 2007 Jul 5
Parsons, 46, a paramedic from Wilton, was treating a patient in the back of a Med-Care ambulance early Thursday when the vehicle collided with a pickup truck on Route 4 in Turner, according to Androscoggin County Sheriff Guy Desjardins.
Paramedic dies from heart attack after responding to call
- 2007 Jul 2
Norton, VA—Paramedic Jerome C. Marion, 51 dies from a heart attack on July 2, 2007 after responding to a call with the Norton rescue Squad.
N.J. ambulance crushes mechanic
- 2007 Jun 26
A mechanic working in a Jersey City Medical Center garage was crushed to death Saturday morning when the ambulance he was working on apparently rolled over him.
Tenn. first responder stricken on the job
- 2007 May 17
Jeans, 46, felled by heart attack while preparing training vehicles.
Chatham, Ontario paramedic killed in ambulance rollover
- 2007 Feb 27
Paramedics are reeling after learning that a Chatham-Kent paramedic, responding to an emergency, was killed when his vehicle slid off an icy road and rolled over.
Medic killed in Iraq was the father of an infant boy
- 2007 Feb 1
CARSON, Calif. — Teen soldier David Toomalatai joined the Army to provide a future...
Alaskan medic killed in Iraq was on second tour
- 2007 Jan 11
WASILLA, Alaska — Staff Sgt. Charles D. Allen died doing precisely what he loved...
Fallen Colo. Navy medic honored by thousands
- 2006 Dec 18
LONGMONT, Colo. — Longmont native, fallen sailor honored by thousands Gov. Bill Owens...
Army medic dies in Iraq blast
- 2007 Mar 22
Sgt. 1st Class John S. Stephens, 41, was killed Thursday when his vehicle was struck by an explosive during combat operations in Tikrit, the Defense Department said Tuesday.
N.J. EMT dies after call on auto accident
- 2007 Jun 18
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Joseph Murawski responded to thousands of emergency calls in more...
2 dead in Michigan ambulance crash
- 2007 Mar 6
An ambulance on an emergency run crashed into a logging truck along an Upper Peninsula road, killing the patient and one of the three ambulance crew members.
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