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Don’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 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.
Read full articlePa. Woman Cited for Calling 9-1-1 Seeking Divorce
April 16, 2013Police have cited a 42-year-old Pennsylvania woman for disorderly conduct after she called 9-1-1 requesting a divorce and police assistance to make her husband leave.
Read full articleSuspects, Motive Sought in Boston Bombings
April 16, 2013The FBI’s investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon was in full swing Tuesday, with authorities serving a warrant on a suburban Boston home and appealing for any private video, audio and still images of the blasts that killed three and wounded more than 170.
Read full articleBoston Marathon Bombing Kills 3, Injures More Than 130
April 15, 2013BOSTON (AP) — Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 130 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might have struck again in the U.S.
A White House official speaking on condition of anonymity because the investigation was still unfolding said the attack was being treated as an act of terrorism.
Read full articleHospitals Treat Carnage after Boston Blasts
April 15, 2013At least eight Boston hospitals treated victims from the blasts.
Read full articleA 9-1-1 Call Pinellas Needs
April 15, 2013When a government plan promises to be more efficient and less costly — while at the same time holding out the possibility of saving lives — we take notice.
Read full articleEtna Man Asks for Reduced Fine after Misuse of 9-1-1 System
April 15, 2013NEWPORT, Maine — An Etna man who was summoned by police after calling 9-1-1 to report the poor condition of his road has been ordered to pay a $350 fine.
Read full articleFull Justice Dept. Resources Probing Boston Bombs
April 15, 2013WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Eric Holder has directed the full resources of the Justice Department be deployed to investigate the bombs that exploded at the Boston Marathon.
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