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County commissioners hope to secure a $33 million grant for climate change and are looking into what can be done to fix nonfunctional fire hydrants.

The Savannah community must demand comprehensive action to address issues contributing to long EMS ambulance response times.

Chatham Emergency Services is the lone provider of ambulance services in Savannah. Here are the challenges the EMS provider faces.

EMS emergency: Overwhelmed Savannah hospitals contributing to slow medical emergency response times

The dispatch process is partly to blame for Chatham Emergency Services slow response times.

AT least one person has died while a man remains missing after a boat capsized - days after five were killed in a river crash in Georgia.Crews rushed

Four other people were hospitalized. One of them was charged with driving a boat while under the influence, the authorities said.

Two motorboats carrying nine passengers collided on the Wilmington River on Saturday morning, resulting in multiple deaths.

One day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance on wearing masks, Chatham County Commission Chairman Chester Ellis announced the county would follow suit and rewrite its mask order. "Were going to make it in line with what the CDC has put out that if you are fully vaccinated — make sure Im saying this right — if you are fully vaccinated, you dont have to do the mask," Ellis said at Fridays commission meeting, turning to Coastal Health District Director Dr....

Freshly founded less than two months ago when Chatham Fire & EMS Assistant Volunteer Fire Chief Ryan Selgren made a 30-minute call to Chatham Emergency Services District Chief Chris Mills, this new on-the-scene nonprofit is dedicated to raising funds for first responders facing financial difficulties like firefighter John Page. Receiving 2nd and 3rd degree burns to his upper torso, John is looking remarkably recovered and sheepish when discussing his experience. “When I saw my face for the...