Fire department leaders point to research linking gradually increasing alert volume to smaller heart-rate increases.

Danbury, Connecticut has joined hundreds of other US cities that have installed new firehouse alarm systems aimed at reducing ...

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The department is taking a gentler approach to alerting firefighters of incoming calls, with alarms that start softly and a calm recorded voice.

Loud booms that may be heard in the Downtown area during the afternoon of Feb. 25 are part of planned training for Center of Science and Industry (COSI) employees, the center says. Beginning around 3 ...

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DENTON — South Davidson tried to ride a wave of momentum to its first dual team wrestling state championship in 23 years, but in the end Robbinsville was just too strong. The Wildcats got a ...

ST. MICHAEL — Griffin Bartholomaus recorded 44 saves as the No. 7-seeded Brainerd Warriors fell 6-0 to No. 2-seeded St. Michael-Albertville Knights in the Section 8-2A Quarterfinals Tuesday, Feb. 17.

MUNICH—Julia Voss works as a dispatcher and firefighter for the Munich Fire Department. She spent six years before that as a paramedic, riding in the ambulances that she now dispatches throughout the ...