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September 2013

New helicopter rescue service in Israel

A new helicopter rescue service is now operating in the Eilat region of Israel. The Road Safety Authority has activated this service to reduce the time it takes to arrive on the scene and transport seriously injured casualties of road…

The world's greatest firefighting team

The dream of a tour aboard the world’s most cutting-edge fireboat could come true for a firefighting team. IVECO MAGIRUS is on the look-out for the best firefighting squad in the world for the Conrad Dietrich Magirus Award: all…

Series of collisions shocks eastern England

60 casualties, 130 vehicles involved. A huge series of crashes caused disruption to the Isle of Sheppey, off the coast of Kent, in the east of England. Since 2006 the island has been connected to the mainland by a bridge 1.25 kilometres…

Drunken man jumps from moving ambulance

WERNERSVILLE, Pennsylvania. – During the early hours of Saturday morning, a drunken man fromWernersville jumped out of the back of an ambulance in the Upper Macungie district. Michael Fair was being taken by Kutztown EMS from Kutztown…