Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Six-year old Nathan Norman has terminal cancer and is reaching out to policemen, firemen and all emergency service workers to fulfill his final Christmas wish.
The only thing on Dawn Norman's wish list this holiday season is that her 6-year old son Nathan lives to see another Christmas, and that his wish of receiving cards, letters and patches from as many policemen, firemen and EMT's is fulfilled. Why? Because policemen, firemen and EMT's happen to be Nathan's heroes. Three years ago, Nathan, who lives with his family in Rustburg, Virginia, was diagnosed with brain cancer. "I remember the doctor saying that there was an abnormality," Dawn Norman remembers. "The doctor kept telling me over and over that there was an abnormality and then it hit me. He was telling me that my son had cancer." An operation removed 55% of the tumor; however, Nathan has since developed an inoperable tumor on his …
Friday, January 20, 2012
Youth in Second Alarmer's Rescue Squad's Venture Crew 380 have the opportunity for first-hand experience in saving lives.
The Venture Crew 380 is one of the most prominent Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Venture Scout groups in the Greater Philadelphia area. A Venture Scout group is the teenage program of the Boys Scouts of America. In this program, high school-aged coed youth groups work with adult leaders to learn more about their specialized expertise, from Ham Radio operations to police work. Venture Crew 380 works with the EMS organization the Second Alarmer’s Rescue Squad (SARS). The Second Alarmer’s Rescue Squad is one of the largest, nonprofit, EMS providers in Montgomery County, serving from Abington to Whitpain townships and beyond. According to SARS president, Dr. Bill Crielly, the relationship SARS has with the Boy Scouts dates back to the late …
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Parts from the manufacturer are no longer available for an aging system as potentially 'catastrophic' component failures loom.
The county's emergency radio system is now in a state of emergency. With many of the county's chiefs of police crowding its Norristown meeting chamber, the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners passed a resolution Wednesday declaring that an "actual emergency exists" in the county's aging public safety telecommunications infrastructure. Commissioner Jim Matthews described the measure as a "Band-Aid" that gives the county "the ability to immediately respond to any shortcomings in the system." Those shortcomings are reportedly multiplying. Lower Gwynedd Chief of Police John Scholly called the increasing difficulty of obtaining replacement parts for the system a "major concern." "There are parts of the county radio system that are as old …
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Seven individuals, ranging from school staff to paramedics, were honored at Monday's UDSD school board meeting, for saving the life of a female student on May 31.
On May 31, a female student collapsed in Upper Dublin Spanish teacher Gelmarik Martinez's class as a result of a cardiac arrest. The attack was later found to be of such a serious nature that few ever survive. However, thanks to seven individuals who were honored at Monday night's Upper Dublin School Board meeting, the student did just that: survive. "The doctor in charge of the emergency room later indicated that in situations where there is this much risk, that it is highly unusual for individuals to survive the resulting trauma," said district superintendent Michael Pladus. "In most cases in which the individual is able to get through it, more often than not, there are lifelong conditions resulting from the lack of oxygen to the brain. …
R Smith (ret)
8:23 pm on Monday, December 17, 2012
My prayers are with you little guy, you're an angel among us! Merry Christmas more ›