SOUTH ROANE COUNTY, Tenn. — We are learning more about a strange and potentially dangerous incident that occurred early Wednesday afternoon in the Blackberry community of South Roane County, near the Loudon County line. According to South Roane County Fire Chief Mike Curtis, a 2009 Ford Explorer—part of the department’s fleet—somehow rolled approximately 150...Read More
The Pennsylvania 911 call system outage earlier this month was caused by a technical issue, not a cyberattack, according to a preliminary report. People calling 911 in Pennsylvania experienced intermittent disruptions on July 12. The update Tuesday from the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says the problem stemmed from an operating system issue with Next Generation...Read More
All, We take time today to remember Bridgeport (CT) Firefighters Lt. Steven Velasquez and Michel Baik who were killed on the third floor of a Bridgeport dwelling on July 24, 2010. Lt. Velasquez and Firefighter Baik died in the Line of Duty while operating on the third floor of that wood-frame home. Both the NIOSH...Read More
