After a widespread 911 outage, officials are sharing which contingencies helped ensure calls didn’t go unanswered. The outage started in Lake County and impacted several other counties, including Marion, Citrus, and Osceola.

Thousands of people from across the country attended the 2024 National Emergency Number Association Conference at Gaylord Palms in Orlando over the past weekend.

Fire officials said that Rosa Garcia was at home babysitting her 6-year-old grandson, which is when she suffered a medical emergency.

Dozens of workers and volunteers came together Tuesday to simulate an emergency scenario to train for potential disasters.

The Seminole County Fire Department unveiled two brand new high-water and multi-use rescue vehicles Tuesday.

The Seminole County’s emergency mortgage assistance program is coming to an end this week.

When a child is sick or injured, the natural reaction of many parents is to immediately go straight to the emergency room.

Russian Emergency employees work at the scene of an accident, just outside of Moscow, Russia, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. At least four Russian soldiers died and about 20 others were injured Monday in a traffic accident near Moscow, officials said. (Moscow News Agency photo via AP)MOSCOW – At least four Russian soldiers died and more than 40 others were injured Monday in a traffic crash near Moscow, officials said. Authorities said that more 40 servicemen were injured, and those in grave condition were rushed to hospitals by helicopters. Russian news reports said that the convoy of buses had stopped after the leading vehicle had a malfunction, and the truck crashed into them from behind.

TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Police are investigating the drowning of a man Saturday in Titusville. **Water rescue** reported someone in the water in distress. — Titusville Fire Dept (@TitusvilleFire) May 2, 2020The man has been identified as Garrett Starr, 20, of Titusville. Witnesses reported seeing Starr call for help and go underwater at about 1:30 p.m., officials said. This incident remains under investigation by the Titusville Police Department, officials said.

It's called SOS Emergency mode. Here’s how to add them as your emergency contact in your iPhone:Open the Health app and tap the Medical ID tab. Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services. On an iPhone 7 or earlier:Quickly press the side or top button five times to make the Emergency SOS slider appear. Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Last month households across the country received an invite to complete the 2020 Census which determines how many people are living in the United States. Though the country is dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, bureau officials say this is the time for families to fill them out. According to 2020census.gov, Orange County only 34% percent of households have filled out the Census form and Seminole County 40% and Osceola County only 29% as of March 30th. Stephens said they do expect the response rate to soar despite the virus because so many families are at home social distancing. April 1st is observed as “Census Day” nationwide.

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