Life-saving expertise honored at banquet
Annual EMS Council ceremony recognizes more than 100
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Earl Taylor (third from left) poses with EMS officials after receiving the BLS Provider of the Year award.
More than two dozen Chester Countians are alive today because the county’s emergency services community intervened in their behalf during the past year.
Twenty-three residents survived a near-death...
Course prepares citizens to combat disasters
From extinguishing fires to applying splints, residents learn readiness
By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times
Participants in the county’s new Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training course receive reminders from instructor Jim Reagan on what to do once a victim has been successfully pulled from the wreckage.
As he lay motionless beneath the rubble of a collapsed building...
