First Responders & Lifesaving

12+ hour, 27+ min ago   (580+ words) Ralph Esposito, the chairman of the Nassau County Firefighters Memorial Endowment Association, on Sunday gets set to place a red rose on the new memorial at Eisenhower Park for Nassau County volunteer firefighters who either died on 9/11 or from related…...

5+ hour, 56+ min ago   (317+ words) Police are investigating the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in Aberdeen. Officers were called to the Gardner Road area of the city at about 01:00 on Sunday morning. Police remain at the scene. Officers are urging anyone with information to…...

5+ hour, 57+ min ago   (479+ words) A Turkish restaurant manager who threw himself in front of a speeding motorcycle to save a young girl in Wimbledon has been honored with a Merton Heroes Award by Merton Council. The incident happened in Wimbledon on May 25, when a…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (524+ words) Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has thanked emergency services for their help on the 20th anniversary of the crash in which he was nearly killed. Hammond was seriously injured in September 2006 when the 320mph (515km/h) jet-powered Vampire dragster he was driving veered…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (322+ words) Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center HUTCHINSON — On Sept. 11, members of the 362nd Basic Training Class graduated from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center in Integrity Hall. The ceremony took place 25 years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, giving added meaning to…...

5+ hour, 54+ min ago   (440+ words) Former Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has thanked emergency workers on the 20th anniversary of his jet car crash. The 56-year-old suffered serious injuries in the 320mph crash in 2006, while driving the jet-powered Vampire dragster during filming for the BBC motoring show…...

21+ hour, 6+ min ago   (229+ words) WORCESTER CO. - Fire Marshal Matthew Owens from the Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office received the Fire Chief James E. Jarboe Public Safety Lifetime Achievement Award at the 67th Mid-Atlantic Life Safety Conference in Annapolis. According to the Worcester County Fire Marshal's Office,…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (174+ words) Cumberland Fire Chief Mike Williamson has announced his retirement after 52 years of service to the community. He spent 38 years as a volunteer with Cumberland Fire Rescue, including serving as president of the Cumberland Firefighters Society, and has held the position…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (142+ words) On Friday night, members of the Erie Fire Department took on a new role at Voodoo Brewing Company. The team of firefighters competing in the Firefighter Challenge National Championship were raising money as celebrity bartenders. The team was pouring pints…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (280+ words) Carrot Top has been hospitalized in Las Vegas following a reported suicide attempt — a deeply troubling development involving the longtime comedian and Vegas headliner. Sources familiar with the situation told TMZ on Friday night that the performer, whose real name…...