VIDEO: Responding to crisis after crisis, day after day takes a toll on the mental health of firefighters and paramedics. Even veteran first responders struggle with their mental health throughout their careers. To address the issue, the Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue Department is developing new initiatives to address mental health in their team.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WGBA-TV NBC 26 Green Bay

Authorities are warning that a more potent form of fentanyl is making its way along the West Coast after a bag of the drug was seized during the execution of a warrant in Portland recently. Deputies found body armor, $5,000 in cash, nine guns, some of which were modified and stolen, and drugs including meth, heroin, 800 pills of fentanyl and four grams of multi-colored, powdered fentanyl, often referred to as ‘rainbow fentanyl.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV-TV FOX 12 Portland

A man was injured in a 2-alarm fire that destroyed a house in Snohomish County early Thursday morning. A spokesperson for South County Fire said crews responded to the 12400 block of 51st Avenue Southeast just before 1 a.m. after multiple people called 911 to report hearing explosions and seeing large flames.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Joey Wallberg calls it his superpower: being in the right place at the right time. Or the wrong place at the wrong time, he said, depending on how you look at it. “I’m always coming across accidents, fires, … burglaries,” he said. And each time, the retired firefighter, who served throughout the state for 20 years, springs into action.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

A billboard outside Soap Lake won’t be sharing any more messages, other than serving as a charred reminder that it’s fire season. But residences in the Lakeview area were spared from the fire that destroyed the billboard last Friday night thanks to the combined efforts of Grant County Fire District 7 and Ephrata firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 8/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NCWLife