UPDATE: Child OK After Pulled From Pool in Town and Country

Emergency crews responded to a possible drowning call, but report Thursday the 9-year-old girl is "doing just fine."

EMS crews responded to a report of a possible child drowning just after 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to West County EMS and Fire Protection District officials. West Co EMS crews tell Patch Thursday morning that the girl was conscious when they arrived on the scene and when she was taken to Mercy Hospital in Creve Coeur. Town and Country police also responded to the call from a home off Topping Road. Police tell Patch Thursday that the 9-year-old girl is "doing just fine." Police said the girl fell into the pool and was removed immediately. "She was coughing, so an adult called paramedics just as a precaution," Gary Hoelzer with Town and Country explained. Hoelzer said the girl was taken to the hospital and checked out and returned the …

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West County Fire Has Big Plans for New Training, Education Facility

The organization is expected to announce a major partnership with a local health care system to expand the mission of Safety House and the Advanced Center of Excellence.

The West County EMS and Fire Protection District is expected to soon announce a major partnership that will broaden the mission of a $5 million training and education facility that opened last year. Safety House and the Advanced Center of Excellence (ACE), located behind the fire house at 13970 Manchester, together contain mock environments that can simulate a range of incidents, a 60-seat auditorium and classroom space. According to Development Specialist Harry Hamm, there are only a few other facilities like it in all of the U.S. “The real story now that it’s open is how it is evolving and what some of the potentialities are for the future,” he said. To find that future, Hamm said the next step is to form “meaningful partnerships” with …

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Final Candidates for 2013 April Election

Filing closed Tuesday evening. Here's a look at who will run locally in your 2013 Town and Country and Manchester elections this spring. This includes mayoral, aldermanic, fire board and Parkway School Board candidates.

Tuesday is Last Day to File For 2013 April Election

Seats on the Town and Country and Manchester board of aldermen, West County EMS and Fire Board and the Parkway School Board are all up for election along with the position of Town and Country Mayor.

Candidates Filing for 2013 Spring Elections

Seats on the Town and Country and Manchester board of aldermen, West County EMS and Fire Board and the Parkway School Board are all up for election along with the position of Town and Country Mayor.

West County Fire Crews Respond to Charter Communications

This was the scene outside Charter Communications Wednesday night.

West County EMS and Fire Protection District crews, along with Town and Country police, responded to a call of smoke in the building at Town and Country's Charter Communications just before 8 p.m. Wednesday. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) The photos in this article show the scene in the Charter Commons complex near Highway 141 and Clayton Road after the call came in. Crews on the scene tell Patch a search of the building revealed an overheated blower motor on the roof had caused the smoke. There was no fire.

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West County Fire Issues Statement on Fire Chief's Demotion

The West County EMS and Fire Protection District issued a statement Monday regarding the position change this month of David Frazier from fire chief to deputy chief of logistics.

The West County EMS & Fire Protection District released the statement Monday. Patch readers can view the statement in full in the PDF portion of this article. As previously reported by Patch, David Frazier's position change from fire chief to chief to deputy chief of logistics came on June 11. Patch's calls and emails to members of the West County EMS and Fire Protection District Board of Directors, including Chairman Richard Rognan, have not been returned. (Sign up here for the FREE Patch Newsletter, including Breaking News Alerts.) In Monday's statement, the fire district said that Frazier was reassigned in an effort to better position him and the district for the future. Frazier has not returned Patch's phone calls and emails for a …

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Fire Destroys Home But No Serious Injuries

A fire consumed a garage and portions of a home on Braeshire Drive in unincorporated St. Louis County near Manchester Saturday.

A two-story home in the 200 block of Braeshire Drive near Manchester was seriously damaged by a fire Saturday afternoon. Homeowner Mike Pfister was outside cleaning a backyard walkway around 2:30 p.m. when his brother, who was visiting from Oklahoma with his wife, was heard yelling "Fire!" Pfister said he looked around and quickly realized the garage was on fire, at which point he began to open the garage door to try to save a parked car. “And it was just so intense that I kind of got a little burned even trying to do that," Pfister said, pointing to minor burns on his forearm. "I mean it was really going, so I just got the heck out of there.” House guests Kevin and Linda Pfister got out of the house unharmed. Pfister's dog also was not …

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Bonnie Krueger

6:08 pm on Saturday, September 24, 2011

We happened to be driving by at the time. We were pretty close and saw what was happening. Right then and there as a family we prayed for the safety of the family, any pets, and all the police, firemen and paramedics on the scene. The black smoke looked very ominous and we're surprised not more damage was done. Thankful everyone is OK.   more ›