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Mental health matters

A team of Washington County first responders is getting closer to launching a to help law enforcement, firefighters, and other first responders who face traumatic situations on the job. Healing Bridges, a nonprofit behavioral health organization, in collaboration with the Washington ...

Trauma on the job: Program in works to help first responders cope

A few days after a 15-year-old boy was struck and killed by a vehicle in the city of Washington while riding a dirt bike, Natalie Ross, CEO of Healing Bridges, received a phone call. The call was from a distraught EMS worker who had responded to the April 14 accident, which happened in front ...

Teens gain real-world experience at Brownsville EMT Camp

There was controlled chaos outside the Brownsville Ambulance Service Inc., building on Arch Street Friday as several newly trained high school-aged cadets worked alongside firefighters, EMT and other first responders to navigate a mass casualty situation. “It was a really eye opening ...

Body of missing fisherman found near Dawson Bridge

​​The body of a Connellsville man who went missing while fishing on the Youghiogheny River Tuesday night was found near the Dawson Bridge Friday morning, according to Fayette County emergency officials. The body of Jerry Grimm, 55, was discovered at around 6:47 a.m., said a Fayette County ...

Stewart Twp. man accused of making dozens of fake 911 calls

A Stewart Township man who has a history of making phony 911 calls is being held without bond for allegedly making at least 100 non-emergency calls to emergency departments over a two-week period. On Saturday, 62-year-old Frank Bowers was arraigned on 100 counts of intentionally making ...

Firefighter gets surprise greeting after final cancer treatment

Firefighters and first responders cheered and clapped Tuesday morning as McDonald Volunteer Fire Department firefighter Ryan Johnston completed his final radiation treatment at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center at UPMC Washington for brain cancer. Johnston, 32, was met with a surprise send-off ...