The Tempe Fire Department is offering emergency preparation training at two sessions this spring. The training addresses disaster preparedness, fire safety, treating injuries and search and rescue, allowing volunteers to put these skills into use in daily or large-scale emergencies. The program is part of the city’s Community Emergency Response Team, which already has hundreds of members. The training will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays from Feb. 24 through March 31 and on Tuesdays from March 1 through April 5. To register or to obtain more information, call (480) 858-7230 or e-mail tempecert@gmail.com.

Thanks to a thunderstorm Monday night, the Queen Creek Fire Department took its chance to test its new emergency deployment plan a few hours after instituting it this week. The plan reallocates resources so more trucks are staffed when the department is expecting a high volume of calls, such as with a thunderstorm, said assistant fire chief Ron Knight.

 The U.S. Department of Commerce said personal savings more than doubled from 1 percent in September to 2.4 percent in October.

In the case of an emergency, the Town of Gilbert not only wants it residents to be ready — but prepared to help.

An ambulance got Toni Poppy to Banner Baywood Medical Center in a few minutes, but it took 17 hours for her to be treated and released Wednesday from the emergency department.

An ambulance got Toni Poppy to Banner Baywood Medical Center in a few minutes, but it took 17 hours for her to be treated and released Wednesday from the emergency department.

The Gilbert Fire Department is joining other Arizona fire departments that will play key roles in the event of a major multicasualty incident.

The Gilbert Fire Department is joining other Arizona fire departments that will play key roles in the event of a major multicasualty incident.

November 27, 2004

Gilbert plans to stop providing emergency police and fire services to Maricopa County island residents next year.

Next month, Scottsdale starts training a volunteer force how to respond to catastrophe — whether man-made or natural.

The Chandler Fire Department is seeking 26 volunteers for the city's Community Emergency Response Team, which helps residents become better prepared to respond to unexpected disasters or emergencies.

Scottsdale police on Friday continued the investigation of an officer-involved fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man who police say threatened them with a gun after he violated a protection order by showing up at his ex-wife’s apartment.

Scottsdale police on Friday continued the investigation of an officer-involved fatal shooting of a 31-year-old man who police say threatened them with a gun after he violated a protection order by showing up at his ex-wife’s apartment.

October 11, 2004

In the event of a campus emergency, a group of Higley High School students is being trained to assist law enforcement with triage, basic treatments and light search and rescue.

The state Board of Education is trying to cut down on the number of times your child is taught by teachers who aren’t fully qualified in their subject areas.

Deputy Sean Pearce lay in the east Mesa street with a bullet in his gut. His head rested on the knee of deputy Lew Argetsinger, a fellow member of the Maricopa County sheriff’s SWAT team whose right hand had been shattered by a bullet from the same gunman’s pistol.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Dr. Jessica Lee fought the urge to panic. All week long, women stranded by Hurricane Katrina had been giving birth in primitive conditions at New Orleans' University Hospital, their only after-effect a colorful story to tell their children someday.