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Santa Claus found himself stuck on the roof of Weaver’s Department Store once again Friday night, but first responders with Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical came to the rescue.
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John Mathis, the firefighter who has played Santa Claus during an annual holiday event in Lawrence for more than a decade, has been battling throat cancer, just months before he is set to retire.
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Ellsworth Hall was evacuated Friday afternoon as first responders cleared a hazardous materials call in an attached storage building.
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A substance that was leaking from a rail car in Lawrence was determined not to be a danger to the community, according to a news release from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical.
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A detached dwelling nearby a home at 13th Street and Haskell Avenue was damaged by fire Monday afternoon.
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The Back to School Safety Fair returned Saturday for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Local first responders, emergency preparedness pros, volunteers and more were on hand to quiz attendees on safety knowledge, offer tips and even fit kids with free helmets.
Douglas County community members during an upcoming fair will be able to engage with first responders and learn about accessing public safety resources in the area.
Lexie Engleman was one of the city’s first female firefighters, and now her name is on the training room at Station No. 1.
”More than a decade of increased workload and city/county growth without increased help has left our first responders at their breaking point,” Eric Lynch, of IAFF Local 1596, writes in this column.
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Where there’s smoke, there’s usually fire, but that won’t be the case at the Tri Delta house during upcoming firefighter training.
