BRANCH COUNTY — A revolt by Branch County 911 dispatchers has county commissioners considering hiring two contract traveling dispatchers to help man the 24-hour service for six months until permanent employees can be hired and trained. 911 Director Bob Swick said dispatchers warned, “Something needs to happen quickly or I’m going to lose more.” He...Read More
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Charleston County faces a growing issue of excessive calls to 911 that first responders say not only consumes valuable emergency resources but also costs taxpayers money that could be allocated elsewhere. So-called 911 “super users” — people who call 911 far more often than experts say is necessary — is stretching...Read More
AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Texas Department of Public Safety officials say three people were injured after an ambulance transport van rolled in the area of I-27 and Cemetery Road. DPS officials say a patient was being transported from another crash when the incident happened. The patient and two paramedics were taken to an area hospital...Read More
CLINTON COUNTY, Ill. — An 18-year-old woman was airlifted to a St. Louis hospital after her vehicle crashed head-on into an ambulance Tuesday night in Breese. The Clinton County Sheriff’s Office said the crash happened on Old U.S. Highway 50 near Breese Central Community High School. According to evidence and eyewitnesses, police said it appeared...Read More
RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) – A Ridgeville fire station is out of service after a fire left the building severely damaged and a truck destroyed. Dorchester County said fire rescue crews responded to a fire at Ridgeville Fire Station 8 on Tuesday, where measures taken by the fire crews to contain the fire caused an electrical...Read More
By KESQ: A Culver City man pleaded guilty today to recklessly operating a drone that crashed into and damaged a Super Scooper firefighting aircraft battling the Palisades Fire last month. Peter Tripp Akemann, 56, entered his plea to a federal class-A misdemeanor count of unsafe operation of an unmanned aircraft, according to the U.S. Attorney’s...Read More
