Disaster Management
Rob Lawrence speaks with Stefan Korshak, senior defense correspondent for the Kiev Post
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The weather service said it had received 22 reports of tornadoes by late Wednesday
The fire extended into an adjoining lab, prompting officials to call in a hazmat decontamination unit in case anyone had been exposed to potentially harmful chemicals
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Four people were killed in Texas. The other victims died in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
Jamestown Ambulance Service is searching for a woman who helped shovel drifted snow to allow emergency responders to gain access to a patient’s house
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Heat-seeking drones helped reassure searchers that they hadn’t overlooked anyone in the aftermath of the twister that killed 23 people
The city of Springfield has purchased more than 400 new Motorola radios, as well as a new radio system
Rescuers began tearing through the rubble of homes in search of survivors of a powerful tornado that rampaged through Alabama and killed at least 23 people
Dozens of responders rushed in to assist after what appeared to be a large tornado struck as part of a powerful storm system raking the Southeast
The woman was transported by ambulance from Forest City, with trucks and snow plows driving ahead to clear a path
Katie Stuczynksi said the pileup, which left one dead and 71 injured, was the biggest scene she and her colleagues had ever responded to
Maryland Heights Firefighter Shaylor Taetz said he and his partner were rushing to a bus crash when their ambulance slid on the ice and hit a guardrail
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Several patients had broken bones after falling on ice, some were frostbitten, and several were poisoned with carbon monoxide after vents became blocked by snow
A Kansas Highway Patrol report said the EMS provider driving the ambulance lost control on the icy roadway and spun 180 degrees into the median
Pasco Fire Department PIO Ben Shearer said he hopes to eventually see a ‘Stop the Bleed’ kit in every classroom, as well as in public places in the community
Beginning on the morning of Jan. 27 , Rockingham County will begin the process to merge all four dispatch centers into a single dispatch point
Dr. Nathan White said he noticed while training in jiu-jitsu that pressure applied to his abdomen during a “knee mount” might decrease blood flow to his legs
A firefighter relates her experiences responding to Hurricane Michael in southwest Georgia
Anticipating potential targets, and preplanning a coordination and communication plan are keys to an organized response
State officials are distributing 5,000 free kits of naloxone to 80 locations during a holiday season that often ushers in a surge in opioid overdoses
Clyde Thrush II led the way in a snow plow through “extremely slick” conditions so that a critically ill patient could get to the hospital as quickly as possible
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