Friday, May 3, 2013
Christian Lim and Richard Campola will be recognized Saturday at LaMalfa
Two Mentor firefighters/paramedics will receive a prestigious honor Saturday for their efforts following a man driving his car into a Comanche Trail home last year. Christian Lim and Richard Campola will receive the Andy Nowacki Award, which is named after a U.S. Marine Lance Corporal from Painesville Township who was killed on Feb. 26, 2005 while protecting a convoy south of Baghdad, Iraq. The Heroes for Andy Gala will take place at Saturday at LaMalfa Centre in Mentor. Click here to make reservations for the event. According to the Andy Nowacki Foundation, the event will support the Andy Nowacki Scholarship, awarded to students who want to be police officers or firefighters "who exemplify (Nowacki's) compassion for people, his passion …
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Learn about car and bike safety; meet with local police officers, firefighters and more during Heroes Day
The public can meet with local heroes and learn ways to promote safety on the roads and in their communities on May 11 at Great Lakes Mall. The mall, the Lake County Task Force On Crime Prevention and their partners will celebrate Heroes Day from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Heroes’ Day is an extension of Law Day, which has been held at Great Lakes Mall for 30 years. Police, firefighters and other law enforcement agencies in Lake County, as well as departments in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga and Geauga counties will participate. Furthermore, Great Lakes Mall has partnered with Lake County Safe Communities and Safe Kids Coalition in Cleveland to bring even more programming for children and families. For example, Local Boy Scouts will lead youth seatbelt …
Saturday, February 16, 2013
The food was given to the United Way of Lake County Friday, who will distribute it to local pantries
On Friday, firefighters from the Mentor Fire Department donated more than $7,800 worth to the United Way of Lake County. The United Way will, in turn, distribute it to local pantries that need restocking. Most of the money was collected during the firefighters' annual Feed The Needy Food Drive last December at Great Lakes Mall. In the last 18 years, this food drive has collected more than $100,000 worth of food that has gone to families who need it. Likewise, the United Way of Lake County will be kicking off its annual Feed Lake County Drive on March 1 at Great Lakes Mall. Feed Lake County provides food to more than 6,000 people who use 52 food pantries across the county. Anyone who would like to conduct a food drive can call Gayle Sikula …
Thursday, January 31, 2013
CPR increases a heart attack victim's survival chances by up to 20 percent
As part of its Keep The Beat program, Mentor Fire Department taught more than 3,600 people how to do hands-free CPR next year. But that's not enough. "We want every citizen in Mentor to learn how to do hands-only CPR," said Mentor Fire Public Information Officer Nathan Peters said. "If a person goes down, we want a line of people ready to do CPR." Hands-free CPR is a proven way to save lives. If a person receives CPR immediately after having a heart attack, their chance of survival increases from five percent to as much as 20 percent, Peters said. If you would like to learn how to do hands-only CPR or you'd like to schedule a free class for your business, church group or family, call the Mentor Fire Department at 440-974-5769.
Saturday, January 26, 2013
The fire is thought to have caused about $40,000 worth of damage
Mentor Fire Department doused a garage fire that began at about noon in the 4700 block of Robinwood Drive. Nobody was physically hurt during the fire. However, the smoke and flames did about $40,000 worth of damage to the garage's contents and structure, said Mentor Fire Public Information Officer Nathan Peters. The cause of the fire is as yet unknown.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Emergency lines around the region were affected when a major fiber was cut in the Cleveland area
Updated at 3:16 p.m. The 911 lines have been restored in the city of Mentor. All Mentor City Hall phone lines were down earlier this afternoon, as well, but they have since been restored too. Mentor's emergency lines went down at about 11:30 a.m. Friday. The city was not alone in its predicament either. Emergency lines were down -- and some still are -- all over the region. Departments from the Lake County Sheriff's Office to Parma to Vermillion to South Russell have reported outages, according to WKYC. Fidelity Voice and Data posted this message on their website: Please be advised that Fidelity Voice and Data is currently aware of an issue which appears to be a major fiber cut in the Cleveland area, outside of the Fidelity network, …
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Firefighters monitored house overnight to make sure flare ups did not spread to neighboring homes
Updated with donation information at 12:30 p.m. Despite efforts by about a dozen Lake County fire departments, fire destroyed the house at 4774 Orchard Drive in the Mentor Headlands neighborhood. By Wednesday morning, the inside of the house was gutted and the roof had collapsed. Though no estimate has been given as to how much damage the fire did, the house is likely unsalvageable. Mentor firefighters monitored the house from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning to douse flare-ups and make sure any flames didn't spread to nearby houses. Firefighters battled with the flames throughout Tuesday afternoon, evening and night. Authorities believe the fire was accidental and started with food that was left on the stove, Battalion Chief Kevin …
Nobody is hurt but the fire is gutting the home on Orchard Road
Updated at 5 a.m. Firefighters from Mentor Fire Department and about 10 other area departments fought a house fire at 4774 Orchard Road in the Mentor Headlands neighborhood for more than 15 hours. Authorities believe the fire was accidental and started with food that was left on the stove, Battalion Chief Kevin Edmond said. The woman who lives in the home is safe, Mentor Fire Public Information Officer Nathan Peters said. She had left their house earlier today and when she returned Tuesday afternoon, she found it on fire, Peters said. She evacuated the house safely and called the fire department for help. A cat that lives in the home was not found Tuesday. The Mentor Fire Department received the call at about 2:25 p.m. Tuesday. They …
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Mentor firefighters had to cut the roof off of their car to get to them
Mentor firefighters took two women to Hillcrest Hospital after their car crashed into the barrier wall on the eastbound lanes of Route 2. The crash happened at about 7:30 a.m. near the Center Street bridge. The crash only involved one car. Firefighters had to cut the roof off the car to safely get the women out of the vehicle, Mentor Fire Lt. Larry Verbic said. The women's injuries were not life threatening. Authorities are still investigating what caused the crash.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Mentor firefighters rescued the Lukasiewicz and Blare family when a man drove his car into their home on Comanche Trail
The last time the Mentor firefighters saw 3-year-old Christopher Lukasiewicz, they were pulling a car off of him. A man had driven his car into his family's home on Comanche Trail in the middle of the night on December 9. His father Christopher Lukasiewicz, mother Tonya Blare, him and 18-month-old daughter Cassy Lukasiewicz all needed to be taken to the hospital. And, while everyone survived, both the older and younger Chrisophers had very serious injuries. Fortunately, when the firefighters saw the Lukasiewicz and Blare family Thursday at Mentor Fire Station 5, it was under much better circumstances. And young Christopher, instead of being in the back of an ambulance, got to sit in the driver's seat of the fire truck. The firefighters -- …
Brandon Baker
6:37 am on Thursday, May 9, 2013
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