/tags/fire-rescue Fire rescue en-US WLRN Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:00:00 GMT /2022-12-23/south-florida-roundup-the-best-of-2022 On this week’s South Florida Roundup, we looked back at some of our favorite conversations and reporting from 2022, including: the return of Fantasy Fest; an interview with Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick; and the band made up of Miami-Dade firefighters. Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:00:00 GMT /2022-12-23/south-florida-roundup-the-best-of-2022 /news/2021-03-31/firefighter-testifies-i-was-desperate-to-help-and-this-human-was-denied-that Video footage played in court on Tuesday shows Genevieve Hansen pleading with officers on top of George Floyd for a chance to help him. She asked them to check his pulse. Wed, 31 Mar 2021 11:04:35 GMT /news/2021-03-31/firefighter-testifies-i-was-desperate-to-help-and-this-human-was-denied-that Vanessa Romo /news/2020-02-19/two-women-found-dead-in-car-that-fell-into-water-off-fisher-island-ferry A blue Mercedes-Benz with the bodies of two women inside has been recovered by rescue divers after the car fell from the Fisher Island Ferry, Miami-Dade… Wed, 19 Feb 2020 11:02:31 GMT /news/2020-02-19/two-women-found-dead-in-car-that-fell-into-water-off-fisher-island-ferry Carli Teproff /2019-09-02/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-victims-of-california-diving-boat-disaster Twenty bodies have been recovered, while five crew members made it to safety. Authorities say they believe the rest of the 39 people aboard the Conception have died since the boat caught fire Monday. Mon, 02 Sep 2019 14:22:00 GMT /2019-09-02/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-victims-of-california-diving-boat-disaster Vanessa Romo, Merrit Kennedy, Colin Dwyer /news/2018-06-27/palm-beach-county-911-now-accepts-text-messages People living in Palm Beach County have a new way to reach 911 in an emergency: by text message.Anyone in the county with a cell phone can send a text to… Thu, 28 Jun 2018 00:55:17 GMT /news/2018-06-27/palm-beach-county-911-now-accepts-text-messages /news/2018-03-26/meet-fort-lauderdales-next-fire-chief-rhoda-mae-kerr It will be somewhat of a homecoming for Fort Lauderdale's next fire chief.Rhoda Mae Kerr began her career in fire service in Fort Lauderdale in 1983, and… Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:31:59 GMT /news/2018-03-26/meet-fort-lauderdales-next-fire-chief-rhoda-mae-kerr Caitie Muñoz /news/2017-12-04/fort-lauderdale-has-a-new-tool-for-responding-to-emergency-calls-on-the-water Fort Lauderdale is upping its fire rescue game. Last Friday the city christened Fireboat 49, a high tech response boat for the fire rescue team. Fireboat… Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:20:57 GMT /news/2017-12-04/fort-lauderdale-has-a-new-tool-for-responding-to-emergency-calls-on-the-water Caitie Muñoz