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Two children suffered potentially life-threatening burns after the explosion. View the full article

The deadline for submissions is July 13. View the full article

Montgomery ambulance fee may face new petition after a similar law was rejected in 2010. View the full article

Helicopter crew alerted nearby agencies when they spotted the man. View the full article

Yacht capsized dumping 24 people into Long Island Sound. A police helicopter takes off from the scene of a news conference as part of an investigation into a fatal boating accident in Oyster Bay, N.Y., Thursday, July 5, 2012. Police say three bodies pulled out of New York's Long Island Sound after a yacht capsized on the Fourth of July were all children. The bodies of the 12-year-old boy and two girls, ages 11 and 8, were recovered from the boat's cabin. Twenty-four other people were rescued, and were treated and released. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) View the full article

Crash occurred two miles south of deadly 2011 crash site. View the full article

Full closures soared by seven times over the previous year. View the full article

Ambulances go out of service as patients wait for open beds. View the full article

Maria de Villota was taken to a major trauma center after crashing into a stationary team vehicle. FILE - In this Thursday, March 15, 2012 file photo, Marussia test driver Maria de Villota of Spain poses for a photo ahead of the Australian Formula One Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia. Formula One test driver Maria De Villota has been seriously injured after her racing car collided with a team support truck at an airfield in southern England, Tuesday July 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, file) View the full article

Porter was pinned inside the mulch dye machine in April. Larry Porter with his wife Aileen, his daughter; Suenette Bara and grandaughters, Riley and Chole along with members of the Fire/EMS Department that assisted in his rescue. (Mark Brady, PGFD PIO photo) View the full article

The helicopters feature night vision, a 30-second start up and shutdown time and a wheeled patient stretcher. View the full article

The heat wave is expected to last for another week. View the full article

The vest that houses the device is designed for 90-day use in patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. View the full article

24-year old is in high spirits as she leaves for rehabilitation therapy. In this image released Monday, July 2, 2012, by Tom Adkins, shows Aimee Copeland, right, with medic Kori Mills as Copeland leaves a hospital in Augusta Ga., headed for an inpatient rehabilitation clinic. Copeland left a Georgia hospital just weeks after a flesh-eating disease took her limbs but not her life. After nearly two months of battling the rare infection, called necrotizing fasciitis, Copeland headed to an inpatient rehabilitation clinic, where she’ll learn to use a wheelchair after having her left leg, right foot and both hands amputated. (AP Photo/Tom Adkins) View the full article

He was accused of being a "vigilante" by stopping a driver who allegedly cut him off on a busy road. View the full article

New guidelines require that the airport gates get opened quickly for ambulances. View the full article

Five were taken to hospitals. View the full article

In some portions of Knoxville, crews encounter non-English-speaking victims on 10-20% of their calls. View the full article

Tree fell on top of Echternach Jr.’s while he was enroute to the firehouse. View the full article

Trooper Beesley fell to his death after rescuing two stranded hikers. View the full article

He faces suspension from his job if found guilty of misconduct. View the full article

They set up a triage and treatment area for the firefighters. View the full article

Charles Wilson, 21, had worked for the department for four years. View the full article

Lupe Estrella performed CPR and tried to revive the teen. View the full article

American worker suffered several severe bite wounds. In this photo taken Feb. 1, 2011, chimpanzees sit in an enclosure at the Chimp Eden rehabilitation center, near Nelspruit, South Africa. A paramedic official says chimpanzees at a sanctuary for the animals in eastern South Africa bit and dragged a man at the reserve, badly injuring him. In a statement, Jeffrey Wicks of the Netcare911 medical emergency services company said the man he described as a ranger was leading a tour group at the Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Eden Thursday June 28, 2012 when two chimpanzees grabbed his feet and pulled him under a fence into their enclosure. The international institute founded by primatologist Jane Goodall opened the sanctuary in 2005. It is a home to chimpanzees rescued from further north in Africa, where they are hunted for their meat of held captive as pets. (AP Photo/Erin Conway-Smith) View the full article