J.P. Sredzinski has submitted legislation that requires 911 calls to be routed to the nearest “public safety answering point”
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Officials: Stolen laptop had info of thousands of hospital patients
The laptop was protected with a password, but officials said it is unclear if it was encrypted
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3 Fla. construction workers killed by poisonous gas
The hole, just wide enough to fit a body and about 15 feet deep, was filled with hydrogen sulfide and methane gas created from years of rotted vegetation
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Mich. Gov. signs law requiring CPR to be taught in schools
Michigan students will learn and practice hands-only CPR and how to use an AED
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NM EMTs, firefighters practice rope rescues
Participants rotated between being a rescuer, acting as a rigging guy, working the belay rope and between the haul team
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Tensions flare over Calif. ambulance response to calls
The firefighters union claimed ambulances from AMR are frequently unavailable to cover their response area
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More freezing rain hits portion of central US
Authorities say ice contributed to a southwestern Kansas wreck that killed an Oklahoma man and injured several others
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Grief in Baltimore community after fire kills 6 children
Friends and members of the community left notes, photographs and teddy bears to remember those who died
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Conn. man dies after jumping out of burning building
When emergency workers arrived, they found the badly burned and injured man at the foot of the building
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Freezing rain causes accidents, closures in southern Plains
Forecasters issued ice storm warnings from the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles into southern Illinois, with up to 1 inch of ice expected in some locations
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