The Raleigh-Wake Emergency Communications Center answers emergency and non-emergency calls for service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and dispatches the appropriate help. Besides completed calls, the center receives almost 120,000 hang-up calls per year – and that can cause problems. If you call 911 by mistake, DO NOT HANG UP. Stay on the line […]
Source: Victoria McGraw @victoriasaidit / Radio 1 DigitalFunding is now available to help North Carolinians in crisis pay cooling or heating bills or secure cooling or heating resources. The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ Crisis Intervention Program provides assistance to qualified, low-income households who are experiencing a cooling related crisis (or heating related crisis […]
Thankfully, no passengers were injured during an emergency landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport just before 10 this morning, according to ABC11. The plane was headed to New York’s LaGuardia airport from Tampa. There were 100 people on board. The pilot reported an engine fire that was extinguished midair. Follow Karen Clark on […]
Now is the time to make preparations for hurricane season. Every family that fails to take even the most basic preparedness actions, such as having sufficient water and non-perishable food to support the family for at least 72 hours, is a family that may pull responders and critical resources away from those most needing emergency […]
