The future of recruitment in emergency services is changing, and Burke County is getting a head start. Burke County EMS and Western Piedmont Community College are partnering to offer the region’s first EMS Academy next year, where participants will earn all the credentials they need to to be paramedics.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Morganton News Herald

The Loch Katrine fire that burned so close to our valley home in the last two weeks reminds us that the Snoqualmie Valley is as vulnerable to fires as areas in Eastern Washington, Oregon and California. Many early accounts of Valley life mention sweeping fires, and the photograph below records just one of the many fires that burned the face of Mount Si.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Living Snoqualmie

With the weather finally matching up to the calendar, fire restrictions have dropped for almost all districts in Oregon and Washington. The number of acres burned this year in the pacific northwest is significantly lower than in recent fire seasons. KATU News spoke with the Washington Department of Natural Resources about the agency's efforts to keep numbers low.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

ImageTrend, Inc. is excited to announce new developments for exposure tracking in ImageTrend Elite™ to integrate records in a centralized view as well as the ability to print or export records. Although Elite users have been able to use the solution to track exposures for many years, this latest enhancement increases the visibility of exposure records documented within fire incidents and emphasizes the ability to share records quickly and easily.

First responders can be exposed to hazardous chemicals in the form of gases, vapors and particulates that are known to be cancer causing, which is likely to play a significant role in cancer being the number one cause of death in firefighters. ImageTrend delivered these ease-of-use capabilities as presumptive cancer initiatives become increasingly prevalent and to meet the challenges of public safety.

“Supporting and promoting the health of the first responders who serve our communities is of the utmost importance,” commented Troy Lachinski, ImageTrend’s Product Manager for Elite. “Having access to personal exposure records, whether related to fire incidents, infectious diseases, assaults, injuries and stressful or impactful calls, allows first responders to be in-the-know of potential long-term effects of past events.”

In 2020, ImageTrend also launched the ImageTrend Aware™ mobile app allowing all public safety and healthcare professionals to track personal exposures at no cost regardless of the records management system or ePCR vendor they use. With administrator activation, exposure records from Aware can also be automatically populated in Elite through a bi-directional integration. Aware is available as a free download from the Apple App Store for iOS devices and from Google Play for Android devices.

Visit here to get in touch for more information on the latest developments in ImageTrend exposure tracking.

About ImageTrend, Inc. www.imagetrend.com

ImageTrend, Inc. is dedicated to connecting life’s most important data in the healthcare and emergency response community. ImageTrend delivers software solutions, data analytics and services for EMS, hospitals, community paramedicine (CP), critical care, fire, and preparedness to enable fully integrated patient-centric healthcare and public safety. ImageTrend’s commitment to innovation, its clients, and providing world-class implementation and support is unsurpassed. Based in Lakeville, Minn., ImageTrend combines business analysis, creative design and data driven architecture to offer scalable solutions and strategies for today and the future.

A structure fire has taken one life in Moses Lake. According to the Grant County Sheriff's Office, the fire began early on Sunday morning and was called in around 8 a.m. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene but found the fire was fully involved, meaning the fire had already completely covered the structure.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2022 1:16:21 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane