PORT ROYAL Heather Heckert’s crusade to make certain area children are prepared for emergencies started from personal experience. “It started with the fact that I had an older family member with heart problems, and I was trying to teach my daughter to call 911 and what to say if she was alone with her […]
From Staff Reports MIFFLINTOWN Fire and EMS companies in Juniata and Perry counties will share more than $360,000 in grants through the Pennsylvania Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services program. Twenty-four squads in Perry’s 86th District are recipients of the grants administered by the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and state Office of the State […]
HARRISBURG – Twenty-four fire and emergency medical services (EMS) companies in the 108th District were awarded grant funding support through the 2023-24 Pennsylvania Fire Company and Emergency Medical Services Grant
MCALISTERVILLE Manny Hudler could hardly believe his eyes, seeing his childhood home in McAlisterville go up in smoke on New Year’s Day. The stone foundation of the house remains, charred by the flames that blazed through it. The windows are just cutouts in the walls. The roof either burned or collapsed during the fire. […]
From Staff Reports McALISTERVILLE The Pennsylvania State Fire Marshall is investigating Wednesday’s Main Street fire, which required the assistance of about 100 firefighters to extinguish. Fayette Fire Company Public Information Officer Glenn Kerstetter said the American Red Cross is assisting 16 people who were displaced by the blaze. Kerstetter said the fire caused extensive […]