A free course in Petersburg taught entry-level disaster response skills from July 10-12. Graduates of the training can join Petersburg’s Community Emergency Response Team — a different group from Petersburg’s existing volunteer EMS force. The Community Emergency Response Team, or CERT, is a supplemental group that gets called in when emergency responders need more hands.
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Inclement weather in Southeast Alaska knocked out six U.S. Coast Guard Rescue VHF Towers on the night of November 20th. That means the Coast Guard may not be able to pick up calls for distress on VHF channel 16 in certain parts of Southern Southeast.
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A crewman on the Petersburg seining boat, Legacy, died Tuesday morning while fishing near Point Warde, just south of Wrangell Island. The cause of death is unknown.
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Petersburg’s Catholic Church, St. Catherine of Siena, caught fire yesterday afternoon in a blaze that continued for nearly ten hours.
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