LaDrake Roy and Tony Roberts jumped into the freezing cold creek to push the submerged SUV out of the water
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Monthly Archives: December 2017
Calif. city considers sales tax hike to boost public safety staffing
City staff proposed that city council place a half-cent sales tax hike measure on the November 2018 ballot
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SC restaurant offers free breakfast to first responders on New Year's Day
Sialmas Family Restaurant will treat all emergency medical, safety and law enforcement personnel as a way to say thank you
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New Calif. law aims to reduce pool and spa drownings
Under the new law, new pools and spas must have at least two safety mechanisms, such as a fence or an alarm
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Friends, family rally to help family hurt in crash
The Dalton family had just left for vacation the day after Christmas when a sewage tanker hit their truck
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Texas college aims to bring medical students of different fields together
Odessa College’s Health Sciences Building is being renovated to allow everyone from emergency medical services students to nursing pupils to mingle and cooperate
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Wash. firefighter-EMT, mentor for teen girls dies at home
Crystal Murphy was a coordinator of the Capital Metro Fire Girls Camp that showed girls what it’s like to be in the fire service
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Sweden premieres world’s first mental health ambulance
Stockholm introduced the ambulance after it was revealed that more than 1,500 people die annually by suicide in the country
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FirstNet now available for first responders across the U.S.
All 50 states, two territories and Washington, D.C. have joined FirstNet in order to give first responders access to the wireless broadband network
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Mother plans scholarship to honor paramedic who was fatally shot
In her son’s honor, Janice Jackson wants to help others who want to become a paramedic, firefighter or other first responder
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