"Floor It!": Junaluska Fire Department's last-minute boat purchase saves lives
It was a last-minute decision, but it made all the difference. In the early afternoon of Thursday, Sept. 26, Chief Charles ...
Search & rescue teams pulled lives back from edge of abyss
The Haywood County Search and Rescue team is a volunteer outfit. That's what you need to know right off the bat. As the team's various members wrapped up their day jobs on the Thursday before ...
KERA News28d
Denton delays roadwork to cover cost overruns for fire station and animal shelter renovations
Relocating the swift water rescue team to a different station and ... response time by cutting the time needed to hook up a boat trailer. Hedges said that when they were estimating costs for ...
The Newport Plain Talk22d
No. 9 - Foundation's rescue equipment grant
The Cocke County Swift Water Rescue Team received equipment thanks to the Gary Sinise Foundation, established by the actor ...
The Lima News23d
Helicopters rescued patients in ‘apocalyptic’ flood; other hospitals are at risk, too
Trees, trailers, buildings ... the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency called in swift-water teams, specially designed to rescue people in turbulent waters. But the flash flood had become ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution21d
Hurricane Helene caught up a Tennessee hospital in an ‘apocalyptic’ flood. Other hospitals are at risk, too.
During Hurricane Helene, 70 people were rescued by helicopters from the roof of a Tennessee hospital. It's a cautionary tale for other hospitals, especially in the South.
Charlotte Observer21d
Facing Helene with courage, kindness and generosity: 18 people who put others first
Swift-water rescuers and search teams braced for ... Firefighter Tony Garrison and his nephew, Brandon Ruppe, tried to rescue 11 members of one extended family in Fairview. N.C. Department of ...
Raleigh News & Observer21d
Facing Helene with courage, kindness and generosity: The N&O Tar Heels of the Year
Swift-water rescuers and search teams braced for ... Firefighter Tony Garrison and his nephew, Brandon Ruppe, tried to rescue 11 members of one extended family in Fairview. N.C. Department of ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution21d
Helicopters rescued patients in ‘apocalyptic’ flood. Other hospitals are at risk, too.
In the wake of Hurricane Helene, 70 people were rescued by helicopters from the roof of a Tennessee hospital during heavy flooding, but why was it built on a flood plain?