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3rd District Fire acquires new equipment to better serve community (opens the original)
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CENTRAL CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - The 3rd Fire District in Central City serves more than 90 square miles of rural Linn County. For years, patients there waited up to 20 minutes for an ambulance if they needed more than basic care. Now, new equipment lets the 3rd Fire District provide paramedic-level care on scene. Lieutenant and Medical Officer Craig Liscum said the state has a minimum requirement of equipment before a department can be approved to serve at this level. “That’s a big deal. Just imagine
Nonprofit helps clients rebuild wardrobes after health changes (opens the original)
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - A nonprofit is helping people rebuild their wardrobes when illness or health changes reshape their bodies. It started after Christy Hernandez’s friend received a cancer diagnosis. Throughout treatment and after, Hernandez’s friend lost weight. “She was constantly buying clothes and I would be kind of like, I wish there was a place where people could go to exchange the clothing that they just bought,” Hernandez said. “Because literally she would, you wear things just f
Eastern Iowa doctor recalls helping 9/11 victims 25 years later (opens the original)
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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - An Eastern Iowa doctor was in New York City 25 years ago tonight, trying to help victims of the terrorist attack in Lower Manhattan. 25 years later, he said he still remembers the dust. Dr. Vincent Reid is the director of surgical oncology for Mercy One Eastern Division. He lives in Cedar Rapids, but in 2001 he was training as a surgeon at Albert Einstein College in the Bronx. He was driving into the city when a sheriff’s deputy pulled him over. The deputy told him wh
25 years later: How the 9/11 attacks partially inspired one Waterloo soldier to serve (opens the original)
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WATERLOO, Iowa (KCRG) - The events of Sept. 11 played a part in inspiring a then-eighth-grader to devote his career to protecting the nation. Captain Nick Riley is a training officer for the 133rd Infantry Battalion in Waterloo. He said his family has a long military history and he had always wanted to serve in some capacity. He remembers coming home to a seriousness throughout his home that day. He joined the Iowa National Guard during his freshman year at the University of Northern Iowa. He sa
25 years later: How the 9/11 attacks changed Emergency Management (opens the original)
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LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - 25 years ago, first responders across the country had no common playbook for a crisis. Today, that has changed. Peter Brisbine with Linn County EMA said before Sept. 11, 2001, every organization handled emergencies a little differently. “We had some of the architecture and the framework in place,” Brisbine said. After the attacks, emergency management agencies across the country adopted a system called the National Incident Management System, or NIMS. NIMS is a nationw
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