Mainline United Airlines flights were briefly halted nationwide due to a fire alarm at a suburban Chicago facility on Thursday evening, the airline said. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop at approximately 6:30 p.m. after a fire alarm occurred at the airline’s Network Operations Center in northwest suburban Arlington Heights. The ground stop,...Read More
First responders in Colorado’s mountain towns are receiving wave of unfounded texts for help from satellite-enabled iPhones At least 10 Colorado 911 dispatch centers have received emergency texts from iPhones saying people were trapped, lost or on fire A 911 dispatcher, Eric Betts, fields an emergency call at the Summit County 911 Center, Friday, Dec....Read More
New data from the Oakland Police Department shows significant improvements in 911 call answering times. The improvements come after the NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit’s extensive reporting that showed the department at times has had the worst response times in the state. “We want the community to know we are here for them,” OPD Bureau...Read More
Working on a pitched roof ventilation prop, serving as support for the person cutting the ventilation hole. The person cutting had driven the spike of a halogen into the plywood to use as a foothold. The foot slipped, and the person cutting fell. I dropped from a standing position to my belly to help secure...Read More
Two people were injured following a crash in Franconia Township involving a Freedom Valley Medical Rescue ambulance carrying a patient and a maroon sedan at Harleysville Pike/Route 113 and Schoolhouse Road Thursday afternoon. The call came in at 12:44 p.m. for an accident blocking the roadway. According to Montgomery County emergency dispatch reports, an ambulance...Read More
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — An ambulance overturned after a crash at an intersection in DeKalb County on Thursday. 11Alive SkyTracker flew over the intersection at Lavista Road and Fellowship Road in Tucker. Video from the aftermath of the crash shows the ambulance on its side in the middle of the intersection and the front of...Read More
