The West Central Ohio Safety Council's monthly meeting focused on the importance of CPR and AED training for employees and workplace emergency preparedness. Safety experts encouraged businesses to provide certification training and install AEDs to help save lives during cardiac emergencies.
Schools across Allen County and the state of Ohio practiced tornado preparedness Wednesday.
Fire officials say working smoke alarms are critical to giving families time to escape during a fire.
Residents are encouraged to install alarms on every floor and in bedrooms and to create a family escape plan.
First responders are reminding the public to take extra precautions before venturing onto frozen rivers, lakes and ponds.
“Every home should have a fire escape plan, knowing two ways out of every room, making sure your children know that their job is simply to get out and stay out. Your home should have a meeting place somewhere outside in your front yard — a landmark like a basketball pole or a mailbox — where everyone in your home knows to go to so that way you can keep accountability,” said Matt Reaman, Shawnee Township Fire Prevention Officer.
Dangerously high temperatures continue to impact much of the Midwest, including our region. The American Red Cross of the Indiana Region urges everyone to take three critical actions to stay safe.
Amateur radio enthusiasts across the United States are gathering this weekend to talk and teach others about radio communication as part of Field Day, an annual event that highlights the importance of ham radio operations.
On Wednesday, June 18, Cenovus Lima Refinery will conduct an emergency exercise that includes activity outside the refinery.
The Lima Family YMCA is helping kids get more comfortable in the water. This week, they're holding their "Splash" learn-to-swim safe program for children ages 3 and up.
More than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur in the United States each year, and 90% of people who have a cardiac arrest will not survive.