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Prayer & Waiting in Texas Town Rocked by Blast
April 22, 2013Professional organizations and family and friends on Sunday identified four of the first responders who died: brothers Doug and Robert Snokhous, who were both firefighters with the West Volunteer Fire Department; Jerry Chapman, a firefighter with the Abbott Volunteer Fire Department; and Kevin Sanders, who worked with West EMS and another area volunteer fire department.
Read full articleBoston Bombing Suspect Apprehended
April 19, 2013EILEEN SULLIVAN and JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press | Friday, April 19, 2013 The suspect being hunted in the Boston Marathon…
Read full articleAPCO International Executive Committee Commemorates NPSTW
April 19, 2013To commemorate National Public Safety Telecommunications Week (NPSTW), the APCO International Executive Committee—President Terry Hall, First Vice President Gigi Smith, Second Vice President John Wright and Immediate Past President Gregg Riddle—visited various locations around the Boston, Newtown, Conn., and New York City areas.
Read full articleAP Reports 1 of 2 Suspects in Boston Bombing Killed
April 19, 2013The two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing killed an MIT police officer and hurled explosives at police in a car chase and gun battle overnight that left one of them dead.
Read full articleCrews Seek Survivors, Bodies after Texas Blast
April 18, 2013Rescuers searched the smoking remnants of a Texas farm town Thursday for survivors of a thunderous fertilizer plant explosion, gingerly checking smashed houses and apartments for anyone still trapped in debris while the community awaited word on the number of dead.
Read full articleFBI Issues Photos of 2 Suspects in Boston Bombing
April 18, 2013The FBI released photos and video Thursday of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing and asked for the public’s help in identifying them, zeroing in on the two men on surveillance-camera footage less than three days after the deadly attack.
Read full articleDon’t Call About Loud Music, But Abilene Police Dispatchers Are Critical in Emergency
April 18, 2013If your neighbor’s music is too loud, don’t call Heidi Burks.
Read full articleWashington: TCs Celebrate Dress-up Days, Food & Fun
April 18, 2013As is tradition, the communications center set a schedule of fun dress-up days and food and social events throughout this week in honor of National Public Safety Telecommunications Week. However, unlike previous years, this year is our first Public Safety Telecommunications Week as South Sound 911!
Read full articlePolice: 5 to 15 People Killed in Texas Explosion
April 18, 2013WEST, Texas (AP) — A massive explosion at a Texas fertilizer plant that killed as many as 15 people and injured more than 160 left the blast site too hot for emergency teams to get close on Thursday, while rescuers searched the shattered farming community for survivors. Among those believed to be dead were three to five volunteer firefighters.
Read full articleRadios Show Urgent First Moments for Emergency Crews in Boston Bombings
April 18, 2013Following the bombings at the Boston Marathon, the urgent and sometimes garbled appeals that flickered across Boston’s emergency services radio bands gave full voice to the split-second and pressurized decisions that the city’s police and fire uniformed and supervisory officials made under the extreme duress of a long, hard day.
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