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Canada fires burning fast, blowing south and ramping up air pollutants in WNY

By Joanne Beck
Jun 30, 2023, 5:06pm

smoke over tonawanda — *Apparent smoke from the wildfires in Canada created a haze over the Tonawanda Creek on Friday morning.*
*Photo by Howard Owens.*

So this is what life has come to for much of upstate New York: checking the air quality reports every couple of days and having a good scientific expert on speed dial.

At least that’s how it is for The Batavian, with air levels reaching up past 150 for Western New York the last few days, signaling a red zone of “unhealthy.”

Mercy Flight and city firefighters team up for Pit Crew CPR training tomorrow

By Billie Owens
Oct 17, 2019, 4:50pm

Press release:

On Friday, Oct. 18th, Mercy Flight will be partnering with the City of Batavia Fire Department for Pit Crew CPR training.

“Pit Crew CPR is a team-oriented approach to cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that has delivered outstanding results for sudden cardiac arrest victims," said Denise Cuillo, Mercy Flight’s director of Education