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33 East Amherst, N.Y. After a year and a half of no large-scale training due to the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 200 National Guard Soldiers and Airmen from New York and New Jersey trained together to respond to Chemical, Biological, Radiological or Nuclear incidents April 16-17. They are members of the FEMA Region II Homeland Response Force, known as the HRF. The team is trained to find and rescue victims and provide security, decontamination, medical treatment and command and control in support of local first responders during the first hours and days of a natural or manmade disaster. The team spent the weekend honing their skills on the grounds of A. J. Jureck American Legion Post 1672 and the neighboring Erie County Fire Center. ....
Lancaster police officer honored for rescuing woman and children from apartment Lancaster Police Department Posted at 11:14 AM, Mar 15, 2021 and last updated 2021-03-15 11:21:40-04 LANCASTER, N.Y. (WKBW) â The Lancaster Police Department is recognizing an officer who alerted a Depew family that their apartment building was on fire. Officer James Robinson, Jr. was on patrol March 1 when he saw smoke coming from the roof of 4880 Broadway. While some tenants were evacuating the building, Officer Robinson learned others may still be inside the apartments in the back. Robinson entered the building and alerted a woman in the rear apartments, who was unaware that the building was on fire. Police say he helped the woman and her children leave the apartment as smoke spread quickly. Everyone was able to make it out of the building safely. ....