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Town of Surfside hires structural engineer to study condo collapse From CNN's Curt Devine Allyn Kilsheimer, the structural engineer hired by the town of Surfside, Florida, to study Thursday’s condo collapse, said he has already begun examining the building and will use a meticulous, computer-assisted process of elimination to attempt to identify the causes of the disaster.  He explained his process.  “Generally speaking, you visit the site, you try to look at drawings to the extent they are available, you listen to all the clatter that happens when these things happen, and just keep tha...

‘Frantic effort’ to find condo collapse survivors continues, even as hope dwindles Rebecca Ta, Silvia Foster-Frau, Dan Lamothe, Griff Witte © Octavio Jones for The Washington Post Mourners visit a memorial wall dedicated to the residents of Champlain Towers South. The death toll from the condominium collapse last week in Surfside, Fla., rose to 11 on Monday, and 150 people remain missing. SURFSIDE, Fla. —Hundreds of would-be rescuers dug painstakingly through a mountain of crushed concrete, mangled steel and smashed belongings on Monday as officials vowed to continu...

Sanibel fire, police and county EMS receive Phoenix Award By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | May 18, 2021 TIFFANY REPECKI On May 12, members of the Sanibel Fire and Rescue District, Sanibel Police Department and Lee County Emergency Medical Services were honored with the Phoenix Award. They are, from left, Sanibel police Lt. Elizabeth Buikema, Sanibel firefighter Joe Nygaard, Sanibel fire Capt. Tom Tracy, Lee County paramedic-firefighter Keith Lamb, Lee County EMT Breanne Rose Kelly, Sanibel firefighter Carl Johanson, Sanibel police officer James Serrago and Sanibel firef...

Fire board welcomes new commissioner and more By TIFFANY REPECKI / trepecki@breezenewspapers.com - | Jan 20, 2021 PHOTO PROVIDED Colin Black The Captiva Island Fire Control District’s commission recently appointed a candidate to fill a vacant seat on the board and also voted on resolutions for a replacement staff vehicle and new software. At the Jan. 12 meeting, Commissioners Jeffrey Brown and Sherrill Sims voted 2-0 on a resolution appointing Colin Black to Seat 3, which was vacated in October by former Commissioner C.W. Kilgore when he resigned. Black will hold the seat until the next Ge...

The COVID pandemic has stressed America’s emergency care systems with shortages of everything from manpower to PPE to ICU capacity. But if you want to be challenged a real bare-bones environment, try developing EMS in places like Ethiopia, Uganda, or Ghana. Physicians Benjamin Abo and Torben Becker both have ample experience in such exotic locales, and that was the basis of their Jan. 16 presentation at the National Association of Emergency Physicians’ annual conference. Abo, DO, PMD, FAWM, is medical director for Gainesville Fire Rescue and other agencies in Florida, chair of the NAEMSP�...