GRANTS PASS, Ore. – The regional hazmat team is teaching first responders how to safely handle hazardous materials. This past Friday (3/15/24), Medford Hazmat Team 8 held a four-hour training course at the Grants Pass Hillcrest Fire Station on responding ...
MEDFORD, Ore.- First responders are getting recognized after saving a man’s life at Jackson County Circuit Court. According to the Medford Fire Department, firefighters along with Mercy Flights crews, Emergency Communications of Southern Oregon, and circuit court staff recognized for ...
ROSEBURG, Ore. – Roseburg Firefighters got some very special visitors this week. Wildlife Safari’s baby cheetahs spent some time with their first responders. The cubs are being taken around the community to get them better acclimated to people. And the ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore — A new support dog is joining law enforcement agencies in Jackson county, to help first responders cope with the stress of the job. K-9 Chaplain Taz is a two-year-old lab mix. After two years of training ...
SOUTHERN OREGON, —Every three years airports are required, by the FAA to hold full-scale mass causality trainings. Wednesday, local emergency services gathered at MFR, to do just that. Hundred-plus volunteers played victims, complete with makeup and more, to test the ...
PHOENIX, Ore.- A crash late last night shut down I-5 North for seven hours. It was the second in less than a hour and caused multiple first responders to go to a hospital. A number of emergency personal responded to ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore — A Grants Pass man met first responders that saved his life Tuesday, after an accident nearly three months ago. 40-year-old Bryson Whitehead and his friends felled a tree on the 700 block of Upper Powell Creek ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. —Jackson County is beginning to vaccinate first responders, as part of it’s plans to vaccinate the public. The county says all first responders in the county have been offered the COVID-19 vaccine. Jackson County Public Health, says ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – After the Rogue Valley’s tragic fire season a generous donor donated to first responders. Firefighters waited until the Christmas season to deliver the presents. Rural Metro Fire told NBC5 they wanted to focus on the first ...
ASHLAND, Ore. — The ‘Rogue Valley Symphony’ honored first responders with the gift of song on Wednesday. “It was like the soundtrack to something that was exceptional. And we hope to never do again,” said Chris Chambers, Ashland Fire and ...