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When the crew from DC Fire & EMS Medic 17 arrived at a Northeast home earlier this month they found a man in cardiac arrest and called for help. What Medic 17 didn’t know at the time is the 911 center first learned 10 minutes earlier that someone in the home had started CPR on the patient. A spokesperson for DC 911 tells STATter911 dispatchers never relayed that crucial information to EMS crews. Dispatchers also didn’t immediately send the extra personnel the 911 center’s protocols requir...

DC 911 says first call about rail emergency came from a passenger & not Metro New timeline further highlights serious communications failures after train stalled outside Rhode Island Avenue station 5 hours ago A passenger on a stranded subway train was the first to alert DC 911 to the emergency, further highlighting a serious communications breakdown at Metro’s Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC). The new information from DC’s Office of Unified Communications (OUC) comes two days after t...

Fire department PIO arrested for crash scene photos in Connecticut Chesterfield Fire Companys Steve Frischling is accused of violating Joshuas Law Mar 11, 2021 This is an interesting interpretation of Connecticut’s Joshua’s Law preventing some photography by fire, EMS and police at emergency scenes. Read more from Curt Varone at FireLawBlog.com. The public information officer for the Chesterfield Fire Company has been charged in connection with crash scene photos he took without permission ...

Is DC 911 really investigating or reporting all its mistakes? OUC document appears to contradict recent statement from acting deputy mayor 3 weeks ago DC 911’s own document again casts doubt on the agency’s official reporting of staff mistakes. The document is supposed to list all errors that hinder emergency operations, but it doesn’t. It’s missing most of the mistakes clearly documented last year by STATter911. The paperwork further backs up an earlier STATter911 report questioning 91...

Man captured in Pennsylvania had been placed on administrative leave by ambulance company

Alcohol at on-duty party investigated after Detroit firefighter crashes rig into car TV station reports blood alcohol test shows firefighter was drunk at time of the collision Feb 25, 2021 Detroit Fire Department officials confirm an investigation into an on-duty promotion party is underway after a parked car was struck by a rig. According to Taryn Asher at WJBK-TV, a blood alcohol test indicated the firefighter behind the wheel was drunk at the time of the crash. The TV station reports chief o...

Man arrested after chase for Richmond, CA shooting

Was it training or a real fire response? Depends on which chief you ask Contradictory statements to a reporter following weekend fire in Rhode Island Feb 8, 2021 There was a fire Saturday in Jamestown, Rhode Island at the former Jamestown Golf Course clubhouse. That much is clear. Everyone agrees the building burned. There are even pictures and video to prove it occurred. What’s in dispute is whether this was strictly a training fire, a real fire response or a combination of the two. A report...

Two Oklahoma firefighters die in house fire Two residents killed in Waynoka fire Jan 29, 2021 Four people, including two firefighters, were killed in a house fire early Friday morning in the northwestern Oklahoma town of Waynoka, authorities confirmed with KOCO 5. According to fire officials, a resident called 911 at about 3 a.m., saying they were stuck in the bedroom of a home near East Locust Street and Main Street. Firefighters were called shortly after 3 a.m. to a home in the 1700 block of ...

Deputies interviewed Colon at his lawyer’s office, Judd said, where Colon admitted to falsifying the paperwork. He said Damiano had asked him to procure doses of the vaccine for Damiano’s mother. According to the arrest report, Colon initially refused, but Damiano threatened to tell Colon’s supervisors that he was stealing and selling vaccines, which frightened the paramedic. The next day, Judd said, Damiano ordered Colon to go on a lunch break, and Colon left the vaccines in a refrigerat...