» Olean Fire Department partners with STHCS on Narcan program
21/06/21 08:04 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
As Olean city firefighters were noticing an increase in opioid overdoses earlier this year, the city’s fire chief sought a way to get a life-saving counteractive drug into the hands of people who might need it. In partnership with Southe...

» Bronx: ‘Combative’ patient tries to attack paramedics stopped in traffic
21/06/21 07:00 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
VIDEO: A crazed man suspected of being high on opioids reached through the window of an ambulance stopped in traffic to try to continue attacking a paramedic — causing the frightened EMT to jump out of the vehicle and bolt away, shocking...

» Firefighters respond to blaze at Santora's Pizza Pub and Grill in Buffalo
19/06/21 14:45 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
Fire crews were called to Santora's Pizza Pub and Grill on Transit Road early Saturday morning for reports of a fire. The fire broke at the restaurant just before 8 a.m., and part of Transit Road was closed for almost an hour. Upon arriv...

» Ten People Hurt After FDNY Firetruck Smashes Into Minivan in Brooklyn
19/06/21 08:39 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
VIDEO: Ten people were hurt after an FDNY truck smashed into the side of a minivan in Brooklyn Friday afternoon. The occurred at the intersection of Driggs Avenue and South 5th Street in Williamsburg around 3 p.m., officials said. The fi...

» Syracuse fire sends one to hospital, leaves two cats dead, officials say
19/06/21 06:50 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
The Syracuse Fire Department responded to a house fire at 117 Merriman Avenue on Friday around 6:30 p.m. between Kellogg Street and Congress Avenue. The first units arrived on the scene in just over two minutes and reported heavy smoke a...

» VIDEO: Flames Burst From Burning Tire Shop In East Flatbush; No Injuries, FDNY Says
18/06/21 12:58 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
Flames and smoke filled the sky during a massive fire at a tire shop in Brooklyn early Friday morning. The FDNY said they got the fire under control and nobody was hurt, CBS2’s Jenna DeAngelis reported. It started at a tire shop on Churc...

» FDNY Honors 3 Firefighters Killed In 2001 Father’s Day Fire
18/06/21 07:00 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
On Thursday, the FDNY honored three firefighters who lost their lives in a Father’s Day fire 20 years ago. The FDNY gathered in Astoria, Queens, to lay a wreath at the site where Harry Ford, Brian Fahey and John Downing died. They were k...

» Update: 19-year-old driver charged in deadly crash with AMR ambulance
18/06/21 07:00 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
VIDEOS: Rochester Police charged the driver of the car that, police say, pulled into the path of an AMR ambulance with its lights flashing early Thursday morning. 19-year-old Jamila Evans is charged with DWI and vehicular manslaughter. E...

» City of Auburn votes 4-1 to create municipal ambulance service
18/06/21 07:00 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
On Thursday, Auburn City Council moved forward with a plan to create a municipal ambulance service to replace the third-party contract that has been utilized for years. The vote fell along party lines, according to the Auburn Citizen, wi...

» Watertown duplex fire caused by cigarette, officials say; had no working smoke detectors
18/06/21 05:57 from Daily Dispatch: New York News
A carelessly discarded cigarette is now listed as the cause of a fire at a duplex in the city of Watertown Thursday evening. Firefighters were called to 307 South Rutland Street shortly before 6 p.m. The fire started on the second floor ...