...and emergency officials decided residents were better off staying put, said David Ruth, the county's emergency management coordinator. An estimated 5,400 were evacuated later in the day after chlorine levels dissipated to a safer level...

...up to speed. "I'm satisfied with how they transport the waste," said David Ruth, Aiken County's emergency management coordinator. "I think they do a good job." Between now and 2025, SRS estimates that it will dispose of more than...

...Rick Powell. Within the first hour of the emergency response, Chief Napier demanded I remove Aiken County Emergency Management Coordinator David Ruth from the staging area because of a long-standing personal conflict. He went on to demand the...

...after an explosion at the Pepcon rocket fuel plant killed two and injured more than 350 in 1988. Now the emergency management coordinator for that city, he watched as several studies of the event were commissioned and the company was asked to...

...technicians have remained unfilled at the agency or are frequently filled by rookies. And there is little emergency management coordinator Phil Clarke can do to resuscitate his diminishing staff, already short by three paramedics, when few are...

...creek Sunday, some making its way into the Middle Oconee River. Chuck Gulley, Athens-Clarke County's emergency management coordinator, said people called police around 3 a.m. Sunday to report a strong gasoline odor. Officers traced the...

...south, everybody is asking people in low lying areas to leave," said Rick Perry, Brazoria County's Emergency Management Coordinator. Several state parks on the Texas Coast evacuated visitors on Monday and were likely to remain closed through...

...meeting of the American Society of Safety Engineers, Augusta Chapter; speaker David Ruth, Aiken County Emergency Management coordinator; Aiken County Library, Whiskey Road; dinner free; R.S.V.P. required; call 790-6550 Ext. 304...

...alone, law officers were satisfied with the results. "It was a very, very good day," Billy Smith, emergency management coordinator for three Texas counties, said Monday. "This was probably one of the best days we've had." The cone...

...today's 5-kilometer road race and in-line skating competitions, said John Stafford, the Games' emergency management coordinator. In addition, the Augusta-Richmond County Fire Department will have a pumper truck parked along the...