Saturday, October 6, 2012
A woman was taken to an area hospital on Tuesday night after the father of her children allegedly hit her in the face with a crayon box, causing "serious physical harm."
A Prange Drive resident called Cuyahoga Falls Police at 6:32 p.m. Oct. 2 to report the father of her three children caused her “serious physical harm” when he hit her in the face with a crayon box. According to police, the 24-year-old woman suffered facial lacerations and a swollen black eye during the incident that occurred at her home in the 3200 block of Prange Drive. The victim was treated at the scene by Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department paramedics and later went to Summa Western Reserve Hospital for further medical treatment. The father of her children, a 27-year-old Akron resident, was arrested and charged with felonious assault, a second-degree felony, and domestic violence, a first-degree misdemeanor.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Cuyahoga Falls Police, Fire and EMS responded to the scene near Front Street and Harmon Court and conducted a search and rescue.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Gorge Metro Park cliffs aren't exactly the safest places to observe local wildlife. At 10:55 p.m. Tuesday night, a Front Street resident called Cuyahoga Falls Police after a woman frantically arrived at his doorstep and said her husband had just fallen off a nearby cliff. According to police reports, the wife said she and her husband were sitting in the rain and watching deer walk by when he suddenly slipped and fell into Gorge Metro Park. “It appears the man rolled down an embankment, then fell about 40 feet off a steep ledge and hit the terrain below,” said Cuyahoga Falls Fire Chief Paul Moledor. Several officers were dispatched to the scene of the accident near Front Street and Harmon Court and began yelling down the cliffside in an …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Monday's live burn at 3655 Wyoga Lake Rd. was the culmination of a week-long training exercise to offer area firefighters the real scenarios they'll encounter on the job.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department typically receives calls to put out fires, not to light them. However, the latter scenario played itself out when the owners of 3655 Wyoga Lake Rd. asked the department to burn their residence down. Falls Fire Chief Paul Moledor jumped at the opportunity. On Sept. 10, after almost a year of preparation, the department began a series of training exercises at the home in order to offer real-world training to scores of area firefighters. Departments from Bath, Garfield Heights, Mogadore and Stow were just some that joined Falls firefighters in the array of training exercises that included attacking and extinguishing fires and search and rescue. Refer to the video above for the full story.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
The Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department was able to quickly extinguish a man's SUV that was engulfed in flames on Friday night.
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Saturday, September 1, 2012
Cuyahoga Falls Police and Fire rushed to the intersection of 4th Street and Portage Trail on Friday night at 9:53 p.m. after receiving a call that a car had been engulfed in flames. According to Falls Police, it appears the fire was accidental. The driver was not injured and the fire was quickly extinguished. The car was removed from the scene and the high-traffic intersection was reopened shortly thereafter.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The FEMA SAFER grant would cover salaries of four new firefighters for a two-year period.
Despite a couple formalities, it appears city leaders intend on accepting the $489,704 FEMA SAFER grant. “As we sit right now, we don’t see any issues with it,” said Cuyahoga Falls Finance Director Joe Brodzinski at Monday’s City Council meeting. The six-figure sum, awarded to the city by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, would cover salaries of four new firefighters for a two-year period. Cuyahoga Falls Fire Chief Paul Moledor is in the process of working with FEMA to get some clarification on the grant’s requirements. Once he obtains the information he needs and gives it the green light, the mayor intends on “formally accepting it,” he said. When approved, the new recruits could be hired on by this fall, give or take, depending …
Monday, July 23, 2012
Depending on the terms of the grant set forth by the federal government, the city may or may not accept the money.
The good news is, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded the Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department with a $489,704 FEMA SAFER grant to potentially hire three new firefighters. The bad news is, the department may not be able to accept the grant due to certain directives that may come down from the federal government concerning the period of time in which the money must be spent. In previous years, grants such as these would run on a five-year cycle where the government would pay for the first four years of a new firefighter’s salary and the city would cover the fifth year, according to Cuyahoga Falls Assistant Fire Chief Fred Jackson. This year, the cycle might switch to three years, meaning the department may have to absorb the salaries…
Thursday, July 12, 2012
A man and woman -- who have not yet been identified -- were taken to Akron City Hospital after their cars collided on Thursday evening.
Thirteen firefighters worked quickly on Thursday evening to cut a man and woman out of two cars that collided with each other at the corner of Main Street and Orchard Avenue. Both drivers are in serious condition and are being treated by trauma staff at Akron City Hospital, according to Cuyahoga Falls Fire Capt. George Sewald. The woman, who was driving a minivan, sustained head and arm injuries; the man, who was driving a mid-sized car, suffered mulitple arm and leg fractures and sustained internal injuries. The accident occured at 5:05 p.m., and within 15 minutes of the crash, firefighters had pulled each driver from their car. "It hasn't rained much the past couple weeks and it looks like one of the cars hydroplaned and crashed into the…
Monday, July 2, 2012
She was found at 8 p.m. Saturday by Falls EMS/Fire crews after tumbling 20 to 30 feet down a Gorge Metro Park embankment near Glens Trail.
A girl is in “critical, but stable condition” at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital after falling 20 to 30 feet in Gorge Metro Park on Saturday, reports the Falls News Press. After swimming with friends in the Cuyahoga River, the girl began hiking uphill near Glens Trail when she fell, according to Tim Hite, a spokesman for Summit County Metro Parks. Fire crews found her at about 8 p.m. near the bottom of the gorge, complaining of head and neck pains. The girl was one of four kids who were illegally swimming in the river, said Hite. “They had hiked down a Gorge Park embankment to swim and were headed back up when the accident occurred.” According to the Summit County Metro Parks ranger report, she was first taken by Falls EMS to Akron’…
Monday, June 25, 2012
The Cuyahoga Falls Fire Department responded to two fires on Sunday, June 24. Each were extinguished quickly with one case of smoke inhalation.
Cuyahoga Falls firefighters extinguished two fires early Sunday, June 24 that occurred just hours apart from each other. Both fires were caused by unattended candles, reports the Falls News Press. The first call came in at 12:30 a.m., when a passerby noticed smoke billowing from the second story of a Karam Properties office building, located at 205 W. Portage Tr. According to Falls fire marshal Mike Dunton, a man had been working in one of the offices, but had stepped out shortly before the fire started. As crews arrived on scene, the employee returned and said he had left a candle burning on his desk. The fire caused about $10,000 in damages and no injuries were reported. The fire department was then called to 1515 Eighth St. at about 3:…
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Service director says both employees are hospitalized, but 'conscious and talking.'
Editor's note: This story was updated at 5:15 p.m. after the Cuyahoga Falls Service Department issued a press release. Two employees of the Cuyahoga Falls Electric System were injured at about 1:15 p.m. Tuesday in an arc flash incident that occurred on State Road near the Alside Inc. property. A full investigation into the incident – which happened while the employees were working on customer-premises equipment at the customer’s request – has been initiated by city officials. Service Department Director Valerie Wax Carr said early Tuesday afternoon that both workers were “doing okay and their families have been contacted. They’re conscious and talking.” Police and fire scanner traffic indicated the two employees were transported to the …
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