Sirens

LVIV, Ukraine — The all-too-familiar blare of an air raid siren signaled rockets within striking distance of this city in western Ukraine on Monday afternoon. It was the fifth time in less than 48 hours.With each siren, nerves have grown…

The audience members took their seats among boxes of medicine, first-aid kits and intravenous tubes. The orchestra was missing four men who are now fighting on the war’s front lines. A handful of guest singers who had fled bombings and…

It was a stark reminder of the reality that Ukrainians are facing daily. On Wednesday afternoon, Global News was on a Zoom call with Oleksandr Tretyak, the mayor of a city in Ukraine, when air-raid sirens began blaring.“I have to…

<!-- -->Almost half the women admitted during Ukraine War have had to give birth in the basement.Mykolaiv: It is 6:00 pm when the sinister wail of the siren rises above the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv. Very calmly, hands on…

JERUSALEM: Sirens sounded across several Israeli cities on Monday - but not to warn residents of incoming rocket fire as so often happens. This time it was a drill for alerting them to a possible earthquake. Typically triggered by missile…

The same risks identified in studies about ambulance responses apply generally to police and fire responses as well, though the dispatching criteria and cultures in those public safety disciplines can vary widely, experts said.In the case…