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On Saturday, May 3, 57-year-old Richard de Reyna hiked for about 7.5 hours before he got lost off the Kilkenny Ridge Trail in ...
When the order to evacuate was issued for parts of South Salt Lake on Sunday, many people learned about it from an emergency ...
Hastings County officials are, as part of a new provincial campaign, urging people to help reduce needless 911 calls.
Smart 911 is a free service that allows dispatchers to access critical personal information during emergencies.
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for 9-1-1 Season 8 Episode 17 “Don’t Drink the Water.”] ...
B.C. Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), which oversees ambulances, did an internal review of the 911 call on Jan. 23, 2024, ...
ALERTCentre works by addressing the area in which an event occurs — an alert can be targeted for the entire county, a ...
When two University of Victoria students became unconscious and turned blue, 911 waited seven minutes to send an ambulance.
When notices about a boil water advisory were sent to people in the Five Cities community Wednesday, three alert systems were used: Reverse 911, AlertSLO and the Wireless Emergency Alert System.
Paramedic, firefighter, police officer testify at coroner’s inquest for UVic student Sidney McIntyre-Starko, 18, who died of ...
No visible signs ... in an emergency communication center — talking to frantic parents, crash survivors and people living through their darkest moments. I was the one who said, “911, where ...
Stanton, an advanced care paramedic, testified that when he got to Sidney’s side at 6:52 p.m., a full 20 minutes after her friends called 911, the 18 year old had no pulse, was not breathing and was ...