Posted: Jul 14, 2015
Dr. Stanley M. Zydlo, the longtime head of emergency medical services at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, was the driving force behind creating the first multicommunity system of paramedics and emergency medical technicians in the country.
"Stan was a man way ahead of his time. He saw the potential to save lives, and he made it a reality," said former Palatine Mayor Rita Mullins.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse
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Posted: Jul 14, 2015
Will no one come to the rescue of the ailing Coventry Fire District?
The town government refuses to help. The district’s own taxpayers are willing to let it die.
And receivership arranged by state government is the resort that few people favor, costly as it probably would be for district employees and taxpayers.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: providence journal
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Posted: Jul 14, 2015
Emails that appear to be written by a member of the Houston Fire Department's leadership show firefighters were told they had to use their own money and time to attend training for swift water rescues, because the city did not have training money.
The emails obtained by Channel 2 Investigates appear to contradict Mayor Annice Parker's claim that firefighters who perform swift water rescues get extensive training.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPRC-TV NBC 2 Houston
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Posted: Jul 14, 2015
A 16-year-old girl survived a small-plane crash that killed her step-grandparents in the rugged mountains of north-central Washington state and then hiked through thick forest to safety in what a rescuer called a miracle.
Searchers still are looking for the wreckage, but Autumn Veatch says Leland and Sharon Bowman of Marion, Montana, died in Saturday's crash, according to Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers, who spoke with the girl.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news
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Posted: Jul 14, 2015
A minivan collided head-on with an SUV full of eight teens near Onalaska on Monday night, leaving two dead and four others hurt, and investigators say alcohol is likely to blame.
The Land Rover SUV was heading east on Highway 508 with four 18-year-old men and four 13-year-old girls inside when it collided with a Ford minivan approaching from the opposite direction.
- PUB DATE: 7/14/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu
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