“Laws have changed, rules have changed, and obviously the world has changed, and some of the disasters we’re seeing,” Kevin Vogelpohl told LINK nky before the Oct. 7 Florence City Council caucus meeting. “This is going to take a lot of the red tape out of it.” Vogelpohl, Boone County Emergency Management Director, was in […]
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Campbell County Emergency Response Team Adds Safety Vehicles
Campbell Co. adds vehicles to its emergency response fleet. By Jessie Eden Campbell County is celebrating some new additions to its emergency response team. Using funds awarded to the county by the Department of Homeland Security, the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) added a shelter operations truck and a trailer to its fleet. https://barre3.com/studio-locations/ftthomas The […]
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Smart911: Help First Responders Find You
Fort Thomas Fire Chief Mark Bailey urged residents to sign up for Smart911 to help first responders locate you in an emergency. By Robin Gee, City Council Beat Editor Last month marked the sad anniversary of the tragic death of a local teen who suffocated after being trapped in his minivan. In 2018, Cincinnati […]
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Gov. Bevin Requests Presidential Disaster Declaration for Campbell County
Governor Matt Bevin yesterday sent a letter to President Donald Trump, requesting a Presidential Disaster Declaration for 35 Kentucky counties that were impacted during a severe weather event beginning on Feb. 21. The weather pattern produced torrential rain that resulted in flooding, landslides and mudslides, along with intense thunderstorms that led to flash flooding and […]
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How Prepared is Kentucky for Ebola?
An Ebola strain. There has been one documented case of Ebola in the United States so far./Wikimedia Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers and Senate President Pro Tem Katie Stine, representing the Republican Senate Majority Caucus, were briefed yesterday on the status of Kentucky’s readiness to deal with the Ebola virus.
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Bomb Threat Suspect Awaits Grand Jury as Highlands Discusses Emergency Protocols
Tyler Swope’s attorney, Phillip Taliaferro. Source: http://www.tmsck.com/Attorneys/Philip-Taliaferro-Iii.shtml The arraignment hearing for Tyler Swope, the former Highlands graduate and prom king accused of calling in a bomb threat that sent shockwaves through Fort Thomas on January 15, was to take place yesterday at Campbell County District Court in front of Judge Gregory T. Popovich. Swope and his […]
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Late, Mid-week News Update
A few items of note over the past week or so…. 1. There is a very cool note from the airplane crash victim, Gary Johnston, on the Fort Thomas Matters Facebook page. He speaks kindly of the emergency response team and gives a special thank you to Tom Morrison for calling 911. 2. I found […]
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Happy Easter News and Views
Happy Easter everyone, just a quick post before Sunday Church Service. Had a discussion on our Facebook page (here) about the emergency sirens and the perceived frivolity on which the county lets them blare and why citizens on the south end of town didn’t hear them at all. Checked the city website, and I have […]
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More Grant Money Coming to Fort Thomas
I have mentioned on this site more than a few times about the availability of and need to apply for grant money from both the state and federal level. From a news story from 2 days ago we learn of a great success in landing this money and this time from the Fort Thomas Fire […]
