#emergency-response

#emergency-response

Emergency responders and restoration crews take center stage during a disaster, but junk pickup companies play an essential role in community recovery through their logistical expertise.

"That was a big priority for us on the first day that we took the fire. It's one of the highest values at risk."

We're not a network. Our stations are all independent. They're supported by their communities. And our job is to support their work and to give them the resources that they want from us.

An off-duty firefighter traveling behind a Somerset school coach when it flipped helped to save lives, starting to free trapped children immediately after the crash.

Just after 5 p.m. Tuesday, a police officer and sergeant responded to an unrelated call on Countrywood Circle. During that call, the officer began experiencing symptoms and collapsing toward the sergeant asking for Narcan to be administered.

The emotions are a little too raw. The stories are a little too vivid. The fire was destined to kill 50-plus people, and the department's actions were nothing short of heroic.

Brian Delia, a fellow golfer who witnessed the lightning strike, said, 'I was like 'is this going to be a tornado that's actually happening.' One of the guys that we were golfing with... said 'we need to get out of here.' I started filming, and he was right in front of me, and all of a sudden the lightning strikes.'

A 10-acre fire broke out in Antioch on Tuesday, prompting a public health advisory due to smoke in the surrounding communities of Oakley, Brentwood, Byron, and Discovery Bay.

To put our current situation in perspective, our data projects that we will require an additional 6,000 units of blood in August to adequately supply our hospitals and health care partners.

On October 15, 2009, a father in Fort Collins, Colorado, calls 911, claiming that his homemade flying saucer has escaped from the backyard, carrying his six-year-old son inside.

The crash occurred at approximately 12:30 p.m. on westbound Highway 4 near the Willow Pass Road on-ramp, just west of Concord.

"All of Plainfield grieves this latest loss. To lose four residents in such a short span of time is unimaginable. We mourn with the families, and we remain committed to doing all we can to strengthen our emergency response systems and protect our residents from future harm."

A semi-truck and a train collided north of Gilroy early Monday morning. Emergency personnel were dispatched to the site at 7:03 a.m.

In the early hours of Friday, Steven Dubester discovered his 2020 Toyota RAV4 damaged after a red two-door coupe collided with it, creating significant noise and chaos.

Kentucky State Police reported that a trooper was shot at Blue Grass Airport, leading to a suspect fleeing to Richmond Road Baptist Church, injuring multiple people before being secured.