Hopewell Township emergency responders battled two residential fires late last week, as intense thunderstorms rolled through the area amid tornado warnings. The Hopewell Township Police Department, along with the Union…
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On Sunday, members of the Union Fire Company, Pennington Fire Company, and Hopewell Valley Emergency Services practiced their ice rescue skills at a pond on Valley Road in Hopewell Township. Special…
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Mercer County Central Communications, the agency that dispatches 9-1-1 emergency calls to local jurisdictions, reported to the Office of the County Prosecutor that it has recently received a spate of false calls.
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Volunteering for HV Fire and EMS Units, Bringing Experience, Skills, and Caring to Emergency Medical Care (Part 2 of 4)
The Hopewell Valley Senior Services has launched a new volunteer recruitment program linking Baby Boomers with the Valley’s volunteer fire companies and first aid squad. Part 1 of this series…
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A full-scale emergency exercise held May 6, 2017, at Trenton-Mercer Airport that included more than two dozen agencies and more than 200 volunteers has left Mercer County better prepared for…
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The Hopewell Township Fire District No. 1 announced this week that it was awarded a $25,000 grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb to purchase an automated cardio pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) machine and…
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Legislation to require those transporting hazardous products by rail to develop emergency preparedness plans was advanced Thursday by an Assembly committee.
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Hopewell Borough Hears Oil Train Presentation, Declines Resolution
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoI live in a crude oil train blast zone. I live within 1/2 mile of the CSX tracks in Hopewell Borough where a derailment and explosion could realistically happen. I’ve…