YONKERS – The City of Yonkers has unveiled its new Major Emergency Transportation Unit, a bus that can function as an ambulance, cooling center, an emergency room and more, if needed. The bus has the capability of transporting 15 stretchered patients or 20 patients in a seated position. While Yonkers police will have the main […]
Read MoreGAINESVILLE, Fla. — Alachua County officials say they are more prepared today to handle the next major disaster thanks to the federal government and the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department. The county is now home to the state’s second ambulance bus. The 42-foot-long medical service ambulance bus is equipped to handle mass casualty situations. Officials […]
Read MoreCHARLOTTE, N.C. — Twenty-two people were hurt in a crash involving a CATS bush in a Charlotte intersection. It happened late Tuesday afternoon at 4th and Caldwell. All of the patients’ injuries are described as non-life-threatening. They were all taken to local hospitals for treatment. There is no word yet on the cause of the […]
Read MoreBethesda, Maryland, October 5, 2013 – At approximately 10:20 am on Saturday, October 5, as Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad (BCCRS) volunteers were preparing the station for its annual open house, an advanced life support unit, heavy rescue squad, and chief were dispatched to the Middlebrook Apartments (5015 Battery Lane) for an unconscious person to the […]
Read MoreBy Cindy Swirko Staff writer Published: Thursday, October 3, 2013 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 11:31 p.m. Soon after Alachua County Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Larry Stewart made his way through black smoke and fog to the series of Interstate crashes that killed 11 and injured many more in 2012, […]
Read More(CNN) — Eight people died when a bus carrying church members home blew a front tire, crossed the grassy median of Interstate 40 in eastern Tennessee, clipped an SUV and collided with a tractor-trailer before overturning, officials said Wednesday. Six people on the eastbound bus were killed, along with one of three occupants of the […]
Read MoreYONKERS – Hundreds of runners from across the Hudson Valley and around the country pounded the pavement today at the annual Yonkers marathon. The race began at the Yonkers train station at 8 a.m. The race was pushed back by two weeks this year in hopes that cooler weather would make the event more pleasant […]
Read MoreYONKERS – A federal grant of $475,000 has paid for Westchester County’s first and only Major Emergency Transportation Unit for the Yonkers City Police Department. The vehicle contains medical treatment stations, command and control stations, inter-agency communications capabilities and can securely transport 30 to 40 patients. Mayor Michael Spano said the vehicle will be available […]
Read MoreThe Gwinnett County GA MAB unit was very busy yesterday responding to a gas leak with 15 patients being treated and then later in the afternoon the unit responded to a house fire to rehab firemen. Firefighters responded to a report of a sick person call in an office building. Crews found multiple patients on […]
Read MoreFBI looking for any information on suspected gunman Aaron Alexis, 34, of Texas after chaotic, frightening day in nation’s capital A gunman killed 12 people and injured eight inside a heavily secured building at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard Monday, in one of the worst mass shootings ever at a U.S. military facility, and one […]
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