We regret to advise you that Chief Steve Fritz of the Rothschild Fire Department passed away last evening at St. Clare’s Hospital in Weston, WI of an apparent heart attack after being found unresponsive at home. The Chief had responded to the station earlier in the day for an EMS call.Visitation is: Friday, December 14th,...Read More
While this is the “most wonderful time of the year”-it is also a time where emotions can get ripped for some very personal reasons. Sometimes we see it-sometimes we don’t. Suicide is a mystery in so many cases, leaving family and friends clueless about what happened, what was missed, what could “we” have been done....Read More
By Jim Guy An ambulance heading to a collision Monday morning near Hanford crashed en route in foggy conditions, severely injuring two crew members. The crash happened about 9 a.m. at Eleventh and Kent avenues. The two were taken to Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno. The victims of the original crash at Kansas Avenue...Read More
MOBRIDGE (AP) — A Mobridge man is dead after a crash involving an ambulance. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says 45-year-old Lynnard Spiry Jr. died late Sunday afternoon when the pickup truck he was riding in slid out of control and into the path of the ambulance on U.S. Highway 12 east of Mobridge. Authorities...Read More
ROCKFORD (WIFR) — Three people were killed, when their medical helicopter crashed last night, ten miles south of Rochelle. The NTSB is on the scene today, trying to figure out what went wrong. That helicopter missed Michael Bernardis’ house, but crashed in a field nearby. “By the looks of the thing it was pretty nasty....Read More
Los Angeles officials are pressing for a major cost-cutting change at the Fire Department’s troubled 911 call handling center despite a top commander’s warning that making the move is too risky and would jeopardize public safety. The plan, backed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the City Council and Fire Chief Brian Cummings, would switch dispatchers from...Read More
