alerted
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West Midlands Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to the large grass fire near Stourbridge Golf Club in the Racecourse Lane area just before 13:30 BST on Thursday.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Soon after, they alerted police to the discovery and explained that keeping it for themselves was not an option.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Montrose Search and Rescue and the Altadena Mountain Rescue Team were alerted to the victim, who was in the Bear Canyon area but whose exact location was unknown, officials stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Police in the neighboring towns of Darien and Stamford in Connecticut and Port Chester, New York, had been alerted.
From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg
