Crews with the Spokane Fire Department knocked down a fire at the Sparky's Subs Monday morning. The fire started just before 2 a.m. on East Mission Ave. and North Haven St. An SFD fire official confirmed that the fire was found above an electrical box on the outside of the building, but are still working to confirm the exact cause of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/19/2024 10:34:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

PHOTOS: Nine firefighters are injured, including two who are in critical condition, following an explosion in Los Angeles, according to the LA Fire Department. The blast occurred six minutes after 10 firefighters arrived on scene responding to a semi-truck on fire early Thursday, the department said.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

PHOTOS: The nation's first 911 emergency call was placed by an Alabama state politician on this day in history, Feb. 16, 1968. The landmark moment came four years after the shocking unreported murder of a New York City woman proved to many Americans the need for a standard and easy-to-use system to call for emergency assistance.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

VIDEO: Watch the AutoPulse NXT at work. It’s a real story of man versus machine. Particularly when it comes to saving a life. The advanced CPR machine once attached to the chest, delivers compressions to a patient in cardiac arrest. “The device is completely in charge for this human,” says Jill Andersen, a Firefighter and Paramedic with North Tahoe Fire Protection District as she demonstrates the device on a plastic model of a human head and chest.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOLO-TV ABC 8 Reno

VIDEO: Should volunteer firefighters and EMTs be able to miss work to respond to an emergency? Lawmakers from across Vermont support legislation offering protection to employees after some reported they were not allowed to leave their jobs for a 911 call. Dorieann Chesbrough is a career firefighter with the Vermont Air National Guard.
- PUB DATE: 2/16/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCAX-TV CBS 3 Burlington