VIDEO: A pair of bills recently signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer seek to help address the EMS Staffing Crisis. HB-4613 and HB-4614 stretch "temporary licenses" for medical first responders from 120 days to a year and allow them to work on ambulances as long as they're supervised. Genesee County has been struggling especially during the shortage.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJRT-TV ABC 12 Flint

VIDEO: One house was a complete loss and another sustained significant damage after a fire broke out in Kirkland early Tuesday morning; however, thanks to the quick actions of an observant night owl, no one was hurt. The Kirkland Fire Department was called to the 13000 block of 129th Avenue Northeast at around 2 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

VIDEO: An "emergency medicine legend" in the Pacific Northwest passed away on Friday, July 26, as the University of Washington announced that Dr. Michael Copass died. Dr. Copass was the director of emergency services for decades at Harborview Medical Center. He also founded Airlift Northwest in 1982, which has taken over 100,000 patients to critical medical care in the region since its founding.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

The Cougar Creek Fire, located approximately 23 miles southwest of Asotin near Highway 129, continues to challenge firefighting teams as they battle the blaze across rugged terrain and a varied landscape of timber, grass, and brush. As of Monday morning, July 29, the fire was being held to 15,703 with 29% containment.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Big Country News

PHOTOS: An empty Woonsocket mill went up in flames and is now reduced to rubble as bricks lay in piles where the building once stood. "I’m sure everybody is shocked that building has been there for a long time,” said Woonsocket resident Robert Hayes. Firefighters say they got a call around 1:00 a.m.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAR-TV NBC 10 Providence