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Posted: Nov 3, 2020

Fire departments dissatisfied with an Ohio county's 911 system amid new levy

Four minutes, 57 seconds. Five minutes, 13 seconds. Sixteen minutes, 30 seconds. They add up to minutes and seconds. But when that time is spent on a 911 call during an emergency, it's not as inconsequential. "If somebody is down there having a heart attack, minutes count. Seconds count," New Lexington Fire Chief Jim Fain said.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Zanesville Times Recorder
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Posted: Nov 3, 2020

The Story of Rochester New York's Noon Whistle

Nobody who lives or works in the vicinity of downtown Rochester needs a watch to know when it’s lunchtime. Six days a week, at high noon, the blast of the fire department’s siren marks the midday hour. However, the daily sounding of the noon whistle has nothing to do with signaling a meal break and everything to do with a devastating fire that nearly destroyed an iconic Main Street business.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester Media
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Posted: Nov 3, 2020

The Story of Rochester's Noon Whistle

Nobody who lives or works in the vicinity of downtown Rochester needs a watch to know when it’s lunchtime. Six days a week, at high noon, the blast of the fire department’s siren marks the midday hour. However, the daily sounding of the noon whistle has nothing to do with signaling a meal break and everything to do with a devastating fire that nearly destroyed an iconic Main Street business.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester Media
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Posted: Nov 3, 2020

'The fire is right on us': Parents share desperation to outrun the Cold Springs Fire with young son

The wildfire season in Washington was ferocious, leveling an entire town, burning hundreds of homes and thousands of acres, and taking one life. A 22-month-old boy died in the Cold Springs fire in Okanogan County. Now parents Jacob and Jamie Hyland of Renton are telling their story. It starts peacefully.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Nov 3, 2020

Michigan: The Story of Rochester's Noon Whistle

Nobody who lives or works in the vicinity of downtown Rochester needs a watch to know when it’s lunchtime. Six days a week, at high noon, the blast of the fire department’s siren marks the midday hour. However, the daily sounding of the noon whistle has nothing to do with signaling a meal break and everything to do with a devastating fire that nearly destroyed an iconic Main Street business.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rochester Media
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