I hear a tornado siren. Seek shelter in the basement against a wall or in an interior bathroom or closet if there is no basement. The Fire Division will transport primarily St. Ann Medical Center on Cleveland Avenue, however, transport will be provided to any appropriate hospital in the Columbus area including Ohio State University, Riverside, Grant, Mount Carmel East, and Children's should the need necessitate. Lights and siren are only used when responding to an emergency call or when transporting a critical patient to a hospital. Apparatus responding to calls are often canceled by the first arriving unit once it is determined that the call is not actually an emergency.
Interior fires create a tremendous amount of smoke and heat.
Firefighters break windows and cut holes in roofs to ventilate or remove these fire products to reduce the heat and improve visibility for firefighters attempting to rescue trapped victims and to facilitate extinguishing the fire. It is best to place the pets food in an open container at the base of the tree or pole and wait for the pet to get down on its own. Call the Fire Division at 901-6600.