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Ohio Deputy Helps Deliver Baby in Back of Car

12/28/2012

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Deputy David Runnells, also an EMT for Madison Twp.'s fire department, said baby Gracie was his first delivery.

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12/28/2012

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New Ohio Drug Treatment Center Receives 30 Patients in First Week

05/09/2017

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After local EMS responded to 532 overdoses last year, a treatment center opened and expects to be at capacity by this summer.

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05/09/2017

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Ohio Firefighters Resuscitate Cat After House Fire

09/14/2016

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Last summer, the state passed a bill that allows first responders to treat dogs and cats.

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09/14/2016

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Use of Narcan to Revive Ohio County`s Overdose Patients Increasing

08/31/2016

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Through the first nine months of 2016, medics have administered 601 doses, meaning the department is on pace for 801 doses.

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08/31/2016

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Rescue Pup Joins Ohio Fire Department

07/03/2016

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The 7-month-old Labrador retriever mix will be trained to detect numerous accelerates

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07/03/2016

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Ohio Town to Create Response Team for Drug Overdoses

05/05/2016

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The team will consist of a paramedic, a police officer and a social worker.

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05/05/2016

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Jail Suicides `Nearly Impossible to Stop`

08/17/2015

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National rate of suicides in jail is 40 deaths per 100,000 inmates, more than three times the rate in the community at large.

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08/17/2015

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Despite Strategies, Heroin Deaths Up in Ohio

07/26/2015

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Drug overdoses overtook natural causes as the No. 1 cause of death in the 400 cases accepted by the coroner's office in 2014, said Dr. Lisa Mannix, Butler County coroner

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07/26/2015

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Ohio Community Seeks Answers for Battling Heroin Outbreak

10/24/2014

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During 2013, there were 76 heroin-related deaths in two Ohio counties, according to their coroner offices.

During 2013, there were 76...

10/24/2014

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Fire Departments Increasingly Using Part-Time Firefighters in Ohio

09/14/2014

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Middletown city officials are hoping to convert the Middletown Division of Fire into a department operated by full- and part-time firefighters -- a growing trend in Butler County and around the United States.

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09/14/2014

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