The state launched a new Emergency Services task force bringing together experts from across Colorado to evaluate the current state of the EMS system and make recommendations for improvements. According to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Emergency Services Division, it's the first system review in over two decades.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRDO-FM 105.5 Colorado Springs

Seattle firefighters are demanding action after first responders faced 40 assaults in four months in homeless encampments as crime continues to surge. Former Seattle firefighter Andy Pittman joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss why the trend has worsened and how the assaults have impacted the force's morale.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX News

An overnight apartment fire that forced people out of their units in Lynnwood is now being investigated as arson. The fire at the building on 46th Avenue West just above 194th Street Southwest was reported shortly after midnight on Tuesday. Firefighters said a car in the carport under the Trinity Place Apartments caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

VIDEO: Crews responded to a structure fire in West Central, at the intersection of Broadway and Cedar in the morning of Aug. 23. The Spokane Fire Department reported there were no injuries or fatalities. The fire caused the nearby Spokane County Courthouse to be evacuated. That evacuation was lifted later in the morning.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

Burn bans still remain in effect for most places in Central and Eastern Washington as fire danger remains high. This means do not light at fires at your home, including bonfires and controlled burns, and especially do not light a campfire if you go camping. A fire safety burn ban protects people and property when wildfire danger is high, according to The Washington State Department of Ecology.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima