On October 15th, 2021 Gov. Andy Beshear and the Kentucky State Police announced that 16 telecommunicators representing 11 posts located throughout the commonwealth have graduated KSP s in-house telecommunications academy.
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With numerous trees brought down on roofs and roads as a vicious storm struck the Northern Rivers on Tuesday night, emergency services combined their efforts to assist the community.
As strong winds whipped numerous trees onto homes and highways, nearly 1000 lightning strikes illuminated the pelting rain and some areas lost power, volunteers from the State Emergency Service and Rural Fire Service attended dozens of call for assistance.
Lismore City SES Acting Unit Commander, Lacy Loloa, said as of 10am on Wednesday March 10, they had received almost 40 requests for help.
âWe had 37 jobs last night, the first one came in at 5.59pm for a tree down,â she said.