Why were those sirens wailing? Patch recaps some of Essex County’s recent public safety, police, fire and EMS stories.

UNRELATED TO THOSE FIRST TWO EVENTS, AN AMBULANCE ON ITS SIDE, THE FIRE ALARM. WE’VE BEEN IN A ROLLOVER RIGHT BEFORE NOONTIME TODAY. AN AMBULANCE CREW WAS DRIVING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION NEAR THE ...

A LaPorte County ambulance and fire truck collided on U.S. 35 after being told to disregard a previous accident call. The ambulance driver attempted a U-turn, striking the fire truck that was ...

Separate crashes involving an ambulance, a fire truck and a police cruiser left Manchester responders injured Wednesday. Two paramedics were trapped in their AMR ambulance that flipped onto its side ...