GIRARD, Kan. — Some local first responders participated in a unique training exercise, today. It's grain engulfment rescue training - offered by the University of Kansas Fire and Training Institute - at the Girard Fire Department. It simulates a situation of rescuing a person entrapped in a grain bin. Several individuals volunteered to be trapped []
PROVO, Utah, April 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — A Provo hiker who made it past the “Y” installed on the mountain behind Brigham Young University on Monday needed a little help getting back down. Responding agencies included Provo Fire & Rescue, BYU Police, AirLife Utah and the Utah Department of Public Safety‘s Aero Bureau. The […] The post First responders rescue Provo hiker stuck above ‘Y’ first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
First responders from several agencies got a chance to learn more about the impact of the fentanyl crisis in the Commonwealth.
A West Virginia hospital has confirmed the first known case of measles in the state since 2009
A patient of WVU Medicine in Monongalia County has tested positive for measles.
The West Virginia Conservation Agency, which runs seven dams in the Salem area, said that all of their dams were working properly and that none of them breached during the flooding event on April 11 and 12.
Positive test came back Monday.
West Virginia is in line for $1.2 billion.
CARTHAGE, Mo. — With more rain on the way, Carthage firefighters are asking for your help. Carthage Fire Chief Ryan Huntley said the city has been fortunate, so far. He said flooding in the city has minor to this point, mostly related to runoff and clogged drainage. They have had a couple of calls about []
The case is part of a global and national rise in the virus this year.
If legitimate, the hack in Muleshoe this past January would constitute the first disruption of a US water system by Russia, as others like Iran and China have already been called out.