Hey, Hopefully, as you know by now, fire departments across NorthAmerica and beyond are preparing for the 2012 International Fire/EMS Safety andHealth Week, June 17-23, featuring the Rules You Can Live Byin both Firefighter health and safety….and hopefully, your FD is planning toparticipate this year. The IAFC, the NVFC and more than 20 partner national fire...Read More
CHILLICOTHE — Investigators have exhausted efforts in attempting to discover what might have distracted an ambulette driver that led to a March 14 crash. The driver, Cody A. King, 21, and his passenger, Barbara McWhorter, 72, were killed when the ambulette crashed into the back of a flatbed full of lumber that was stopped to...Read More
MASON CITY — A Mason City Fire Department ambulance driver has been cited following a collision with a sports utility vehicle on Sunday. Five people suffered minor injuries in the crash. Schuyler Townsend, 26, of Mason City, was ticketed for failure of caution of an emergency vehicle. Townsend, and fellow firefighters Shannon Furst, 35, and...Read More
