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  Aaron Frank, Town Manager National EMS and Public Works Weeks: The Town of Colchester celebrated both National EMS Week and National Public Works Week from May 16-May 22. We thanked and honored our Emergency Medical Services providers in our Rescue and Technical Rescue squads for their selfless dedication to saving lives and keeping community members healthy and safe, especially during this last tough year during the pandemic. We also honored our Public Works employees who serve an impo...

East Manatee Fire Rescue District practices for heavy-duty accidents

CULPEPER STAR-EXPONENT STAFF In a high stress matter of life and death, many came together Sunday afternoon in downtown Culpeper to save a suicidal, 50-year-old man who climbed to the top of a 250-feet-tall cell tower to end his life. Multiple calls came into Culpeper County E911 starting around 12:18 p.m. on May 2 about a male subject climbing a cellphone tower at the Verizon building in the 600-block of Old Brandy Road at East Piedmont Street. The man was yelling suicidal statemen...

The man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

4 hours ago A van crashed into a house in the Black Country - causing significant structural damage - before driving away. Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up Fire crews were called out. The van hit a detached house on High Street, Bloxwich, at around 10.15pm last night. No-one inside the house was injured. Fire crews attended the scene, along with the services Technical Rescue Unit. The gas and electric boards and a structural engineer were also called in amid fears about the property. ...

Belvoir Eagle It was a dystopian neighborhood: trucks had crashed into the sides of buildings; helicopters had crashed into the roof of another, and piles of rubble and concrete everywhere you looked. That was what greeted me as I came to the Lorton training site last month to witness a competition for Rescuer of the Quarter, conducted by the 911th Technical Rescue Engineer Company, which is the only such Company in the Department of Defense. “This Company is one of one in the Army,” said...

‘It’s going to save lives’: Roanoke County Fire & Rescue launching swift water rescue team The county spent $150,000 on four boats, gear and training for the team Tags:  ROANOKE COUNTY, Va. – Roanoke County Fire & Rescue has had to rely on other departments for some rescue calls. Now, the county’s got some brand new equipment that will help them save lives across the Roanoke Valley. “You’ll get killed in a swift water incident. It’s one of the most dangerous things we’ll do,�...

2 workers die after being struck by truck in Bostons Financial District Share Updated: 10:59 PM EST Feb 24, 2021 2 workers die after being struck by truck in Bostons Financial District Share Updated: 10:59 PM EST Feb 24, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript ON THE JOB. NEWSCENTER FIVE’S RHONDELLA RICHARDSON IS LIVE IN BOSTON WITH THE LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. RHONDELLA. >> HIGH STREET BUSINESS OWNERS TELL ME WORK ON THE BROKEN WATER PIPE HERE HAS BEEN ONGOING F...

Spokane-area firefighters rescue man who slipped and fell in grain elevator The man was getting ready to receive a delivery when he fell approximately 19 feet, a spokesperson for the Spokane Valley Fire Department said. Credit: Spokane Valley Fire Department Spokane Valley grain elevator rescue Author: Megan Carroll Updated: 4:34 PM PST February 22, 2021 SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — Firefighters from the Spokane area rescued a worker on Monday who slipped and fell w...

Dont miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook.   WINOOSKI — More than 15 months after a former Arlington woman was found dead in a Winooski apartment, authorities remain hard-pressed to close out the homicide case because the prime suspect jumped into the raging Winooski River never to be seen again. Winooski Police said they found Hannah Maree Keyes, 28, in her basement apartment at 65 Audet St. when officers were asked to conduct a welfare check the night of Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019....