Nonlifethreatening injuries. Two dogs were rescued. Two other pets died. The news that stellan was playing with a lighter deepens the sadness here. Heartbreaking to hear. Im just so sorry for the family. Its certainly a shock. Reporter Fairfax County firefighters returned today to canvass the neighborhood, asking each homeowner if they have working smoke detectors and urging them to have a frank conversation with their children about playing with fire. We try to hit everything we can possibly think of to give the citizens their best shot of avoiding any type of bad emergency. Reporter people who live in this lorton neighborhood have started a gofundme page to help pay funeral expenses for little stellan. Thats the latest from lorton. Jim, back to you. Tha six months after a murder in the district, police say they have arrested a suspect. Police arrested 46yearold herman cook yesterday. Hes accused of shooting another man behind the Recreation Center on Georgia Avenue back in august. Dr
Said his crews spent too much time transporting people who are not having an emergency but wanted a ride to a doctors appointment. One way hes proposing to reduce those calls is place a nurse at the 911 call center who can screen calls and the determine what is actually needed. The departments medical director led the team that came up with the proposal. These calls are neither limb nor lifethreatening and these patients can better be served in an Outpatient Care setting. Reporter another proposal announced today is legislation that would require Insurance Companies to pay more of the costs for those ambulance transports. It requires Insurance Companies to cover 100 of the costs associated with emergency ambulance and prehospital services. Reporter after todays announcement, macy othomas who lives in northeast and happened upon the press conference questioned the mayor about what increasing the cost to Insurance Companies would mean to residents Insurance Premium like to give away mone
Right now on news 4 this week, Response Time problems. D. C. s fire chief lays out his plans on to make sure you get help when you call 911. Out of options. The city manager paints a bleak financial picture and says things wont get better any time soon. And baseballs soon. Sitting down with skipper dusty to talk about the season. Im chris lawrence. When you call 911 you expect someone to show up. D. C. s fire chief says his department is struggling with Response Times to some of the most critical 911 calls in the district. This week the chief and mayor laid out their plans to fix that. News 4s Mark Seagraves has the story you saw first on news said his crews spent too much time transporting people who are not having an emergency but wanted a ride to a doctors appointment. One way hes proposing to reduce those calls is place a nurse at the 911 call center who can screen calls and the determine what is actually needed. The departments medical director led the team that came up with the p