As the city continues to stay mum on the plan to encrypt tens of thousands of police radios in New York City, yet another group is expressing concerns that they will also be shut out of the NYPD feed — volunteer firefighters and ambulance companies. Dozens of volunteer ambulance groups currently respond to help New Yorkers around the city, and they monitor police radios to provide assistance.
- PUB DATE: 12/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: amNewYork

Mike Berthiaume, 31, a Franklin firefighter, was transferring a patient at the hospital when he suddenly felt pain in his knee. The injury would cause him to miss work, his one true passion, for the next year. “I basically just twisted my knee the wrong way, it was like a compression and twisting injury, and from there it just escalated,” said Berthiaume.
- PUB DATE: 12/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Boston Herald - Metered Site

One community is getting into the holiday spirit in an unconventional way. Grayson firefighters saw a video of a fireman in New York, dressed as Buddy the Elf, starting pillow fights with random people. They said it looked like too much fun not to try themselves. When people see the Clark Griswold car approaching blaring music from the National Lampoon Vacation films, it's only a harbinger of the surreal Christmas experience that's about to literally strike them.
- PUB DATE: 12/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSFA-TV NBC 12 Montgomery

Interstate 485 drivers caused a traffic jam while gawking at and videotaping an overturned car, emergency responders said in a lengthy rebuke on Twitter Saturday night. “Please put your phones down and keep your eyes on the road,” Matthews Fire & EMS tweeted earlier in the day with two photos from the wreck scene, including one of an overturned car.
- PUB DATE: 12/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Charlotte Observer

Arlington's annual Santa Run for 2019 ended on December 15th with 11,391 pounds of food collected and a record breaking $2,213 in monetary donations for the Arlington Community Food Bank. The Arlington Santa Run is a 30-year-old community tradition that runs for 10 nights in December to bring Santa and a bit of holiday cheer to the Arlington community.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2019 7:22:57 AM - SOURCE: City of Arlington