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Summer Means It`s Snake Season

07/29/2013

Elizabeth Skrapits ;

Know your area's poisonous snakes.

Know your area's poisonous...

07/29/2013

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Volunteer Shortages Hit Pa. EMS, Fire Agencies

07/22/2013

Elizabeth Skrapits ;

As a way to combat the manpower problem, many fire companies are looking at consolidation, and state lawmakers are digging up funding to encourage them

As a way to combat the manpower...

07/22/2013

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Civilians Rescue Man Pinned Under Blazing Vehicle

01/28/2013

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The driver had an open leg fracture.

The driver had an open leg...

01/28/2013

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Last Call for Volunteer Ambulance Companies a Continuing Trend in Pa.

03/15/2015

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Some of the ambulance companies combined to form regionalized departments; others "just died."

Some of the ambulance companies...

03/15/2015

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Two Pa. Ambulance Companies Will Dissolve

02/04/2015

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The Jackson Township Volunteer Ambulance Assoc. is dissolving over a lack of volunteers, while it's a lack of funds causing the Duryea Ambulance Rescue Service Assoc. to shut down

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02/04/2015

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Pa. Chief Paramedic Retires After 38 Years on Job

08/31/2014

Elizabeth Skrapits ;

After thousands of calls ranging from saving a choking child to being stabbed in the back with a steak knife, Wilkes-Barre City's chief paramedic is retiring.

After thousands of calls ranging...

08/31/2014

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