August 2014

The Oscar-winning comedian and actor Robin Williams has died at 63, according to police in Marin County, Calif. A statement from the assistant chief deputy coroner of Marin County announced on Monday that the Coroner Divisions of the…

(EURONEWS) - French and Italian planes - sent in to help fight a massive forest fire in Sweden - have been stuck on the ground because of billowing smoke. The blaze, described as one of the biggest in modern times, has been burning…

(IRISH CENTRAL NEWS) - Billy Cronin, 14, has been hailed a hero after risking his own life to rescue the struggling siblings, who had got into difficulty when they were caught by a vicious rip tide during a swim in Brandon Bay, Co. Kerry.…

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (WJLA/AP) - Rescuers pulled 24 stranded riders from the top of a 79-foot-tall roller coaster at Six Flags America in Upper Marlboro on Sunday after the ride halted on the tracks. Video from NewsChopper 7 showed…

Increasingly technological evacuation chairs with high standards of safety matched by innovative design to satisfy new aesthetic requirements. They are light, easy to manoeuvre, and safeguard the patient with straps that keep him safe…

Anpas - Sami Contest 2014 , Adria/Venice - Young Heroes Without Superpowers from andre@c on Vimeo. The European Contest of young rescuer #SAMIcontest finished yesterday in Venice, Italy. A total of 350 people partecipate at the event and…

(The Argus, UK) - New data from the South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAMB) shows 3,074 people had to wait more than one hour outside A&E departments at the hospitals they serve – including in East and West Sussex and Brighton and…

(SAN PEDRO) - More than 2,000 people have been evacuated in Mexican town of San Pedro after a huge gas explosion, without any immediate report on possible casualties. Video from local TV shows firefighters battling the fire to avoid the…

(EuroNews) - Heavy rainfall broke river banks in the affected counties of Gorj, Valcea, Arges and Teleorman, about 200 kilometres west of the capital Bucharest in Roumania. Interior Minister Gabriel Oprea said 400 people were rescued from…

KIGALI,  August 11, 2014 - Rwanda has placed a German student with Ebola-like symptoms in isolation, and was waiting for test results checking for the deadly tropical disease, the health ministry said late Sunday. The patient is the…