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  • First responders train for grain engulfment rescues

    GIRARD, Kan. — Some local first responders participated in a unique training exercise, today. It's grain engulfment rescue training - offered by the University of Kansas Fire and Training Institute - at the Girard Fire Department. It simulates a situation of rescuing a person entrapped in a grain bin. Several individuals volunteered to be trapped []

  • First responders at scene of Holladay HAZMAT incident

    HOLLADAY, Utah, April 23, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Multiple emergency agencies have spent the day at the scene of a HAZMAT incident in Holladay, but have not yet released information on the nature of the danger. The scene is near 6200 South and 2300 East. Unified Fire is the lead agency, but others, including the […] The post First responders at scene of Holladay HAZMAT incident first appeared on Gephardt Daily.