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Teens gain real-world experience at Brownsville EMT Camp

There was controlled chaos outside the Brownsville Ambulance Service Inc., building on Arch Street Friday as several newly trained high school-aged cadets worked alongside firefighters, EMT and other first responders to navigate a mass casualty situation. “It was a really eye opening ...

No injuries reported in fires

No one was injured when two fires were reported at roughly the same time early Monday morning. According to a Washington County 911 supervisor, at about 1:45 a.m. emergency crews were called to 124 Walnut Road in Mt. Pleasant Township for a reported chimney fire. When firefighters arrived the ...

Southern Beltway bridge dedicated to firefighter killed in 2022 accident

The family of a firefighter killed in a car crash in 2022 gathered at a bridge on the Southern Beltway Friday as it was dedicated in his name. The bridge crosses over State Route 980 in Cecil Township, and officials unveiled the sign bearing its new name: Terry D. Tackett Jr. Memorial ...

Repaying dedication

What goes around, truly does come around. Ross Miller has spent more than 50 years serving the Wharton Township community as a volunteer firefighter, so when a tree fell on him as he was fighting a March 29 brush fire, the community stepped in to repay him. Miller sustained multiple ...