Fire chiefs around York County (PA) were left scrambling again today when the York County 911 Center’s alpha paging system temporarily stopped working. Several fire chiefs said they were not alerted to the problem, as they are supposed to be. Several years ago they – unfortunately- stopped using tone and voice dispatch alerting. “This isn’t the first...Read More
A fire last night destroyed one mobile home, damaged another and left the Buchanan fire chief seriously injured. The fire was reported about 1910 on Albemarle Street. While operating, Buchanan Volunteer Fire Department Chief Billy Joe Carter was shocked by a downed power line. He remains hospitalized today. A second mobile home, from which two dogs were...Read More
Several vehicles, including an ambulance, collided in a Winnipeg intersection on Monday evening. The ambulance and three other vehicles crashed shortly after 6 p.m. CT at Corydon Avenue and Stafford Street. Police would only confirm that a motor vehicle collision has occurred involving a fire paramedic vehicle and a pickup truck. At least one of...Read More
SAN FRANCISCO — A female paramedic and two other people were injured when a vehicle crashed into an ambulance in San Francisco’s Laurel Heights neighborhood this morning, a fire department spokeswoman said. The crash was reported at about 7:55 a.m. at Geary Boulevard and Spruce Street. The ambulance was responding to a medical call and was...Read More
Dan Brechlin MERIDEN – A city firefighter was taken to the hospital Sunday after a chain-reaction accident resulted in the firefighter being struck by a state police cruiser, according to fire officials. The fire department was on the scene of an accident Sunday morning on Interstate 691 East in the area of Exit 7 when...Read More
A Reading man was arraigned Monday on charges he used a sword to threaten two emergency workers who had been called to his house for a medical problem involving his girlfriend, authorities said. Jose Nunez, 44, of the 600 block of North 11th Street was charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and possessing an instrument...Read More
