NTSB documents say investigators are examining possible human and oversight failures in the Jan. 31, 2025 medical jet crash near Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia that killed seven.

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Valley Center City Council voted to keep and expand its fire department instead of contracting with Sedgwick County, and the city now will vote on a 1% sales tax hike in November.

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Upper Pottsgrove commissioners voted 4-1 to buy three properties for $2.9 million, settle litigation for $100,000, and pursue a new municipal complex.

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Demers Ambulances introduced the TSS Type II ambulance on a Ford Transit T250 chassis, aimed at EMS and transport agencies needing a compact patient transport vehicle.

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The Frontenac (MO) Fire Department, which covers 2.8 square miles of the city of Frontenac in St. Louis County, runs a single engine, a reserve engine, and an ambulance with 20 paid full-time firefighters from one station. After COVID, faced with increased costs and long wait times for a new engine, the department obtained approval […]

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