When he went to his physical exam in October, Lt. Greg Galehouse felt like he was in pretty good health. The Akron firefighter had an active lifestyle and no sign that anything was wrong. After blood work, an EKG and a physical stress test, everything seemed OK. After they took ultrasounds of his organs, Galehouse thought, he’d get his paperwork and be on his way.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal - Metered Site

Pointing to long-running structural and health concerns, Mount Vernon Mayor Shawyn Patterson-Howard announced on Friday that the Oak Street Firehouse will be temporarily relocated. The mayor said that operations at the Station 4 Firehouse will be moved until the city can make long overdue repairs. The firefighters and equipment will be immediately relocated to the Station 3 Firehouse until the city can establish a temporary Station 4 located near the Mount Vernon West MetroNorth train station.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mount Vernon Patch

On a recent afternoon, Antoine Mosley was panhandling on Cerrillos Road when the city’s Alternative Response Unit arrived. The unit includes a caseworker, a paramedic and a police officer who respond to low-threat 911 calls usually related to behavioral health issues. The unit members are trained in de-escalation techniques and often connect people in crisis with mental health and housing services.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Fe New Mexican

PHOTO: The partnership between Oklahoma State University and the City of Stillwater has always been crucial to the success of each institution as a whole. Stillwater and OSU sprang up almost simultaneously over 125 years ago, and their connection remains strong to this day, with their latest partnership culminating in an OSU-branded ladder truck for the Stillwater Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oklahoma State University

VIDEO: Two homes were destroyed and 12 students were displaced from a half-acre wildfire that started in Pullman. A tree caught fire on a property on Maple Street, quickly spreading to the house and engulfing it in flames. Winds picked up embers from the fire and carried them a block away to Howard Street, igniting a fire on another house’s cedar shingles and starting a brush fire on a nearby hillside.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane