Rescues and Evacuations

14+ hour, 32+ min ago   (142+ words) The scene is made up. The math isn’t. Ready.gov puts it plainly: after an emergency, you may need to survive on your own for several days. A go bag is the answer to those few days, packed in advance,…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (536+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - It took 35 minutes for first responders to reach Christa Pike inside Riverbend prison after a failed execution attempt, according to a 911 call transcript obtained by the station. The delay centered on a verification code dispatchers said they…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (251+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Newly released dispatch audio and radio traffic show first responders waited outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution for more than 30 minutes after a 911 call reported that Christa Pike was unconscious, alive and breathing abnormally following her failed execution....

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (475+ words) Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed after her failed execution last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings. The delay was caused by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials. Precious minutes passed as officials and responders tried to find…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago   (483+ words) Newly released recordings show approximately a half-hour elapsed between the initial 911 call for help following the failed execution of Christa Pike and the time that prison officials verified the call, allowing first responders to go into the Tennessee prison. The…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (766+ words) Authorities in Nashville, Tennessee have released recordings and a transcript of 911 calls made during the failed execution of Christa Pike on Sept. 30. The records show that the first 911 caller, a person involved in the execution, did not know the protocol…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (218+ words) The recordings show that precious minutes elapsed as officials and responders tried to figure out whether a request for emergency help in the execution chamber was legitimate. The first call came in at 8:40 p.m. on Sept. 30, and it was about a…...

2+ day, 39+ min ago   (184+ words) A first 911 call from inside the prison came in at 8:40 p.m., but officials spent about 30 minutes checking whether it was real before treating it as authentic. The delay highlights how confusion can slow an emergency response in a setting where every…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (434+ words) October 12, 2026 / 7:01 PM EDT / CBS/AP Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed lethal injection last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings released Monday. "We've been carrying out an execution…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (673+ words) (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Crews put out hotspots at the Canyon Road Fire in Logan. On Friday, city officials discussed why some didn't get evacuation notices. Logan • Almost two months after the Canyon Road Fire ripped through a…...