VIDEO: Two lawmakers are saying the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse in Frick Park in January reaffirmed why western Pennsylvania needs a top-tier urban search and rescue team. Thursday, they introduced legislation with the goal of making that happen. Pittsburgh's assistant fire chief says they called in the state's only urban search and rescue team to help with search efforts when the Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed in Frick Park in January.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDKA-TV CBS 2 Pittsburgh

It's time to dust off that camping gear and hit the trail. But before you go, Smokey Bear wants you to brush up on fire prevention. "Because only you can prevent wildfires." After 77 years, that's still the message we get from Smokey Bear, but this year, he's got a new digital assistant. The assistant can answer all kinds of questions, right on your smartphone.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Two Jefferson County fire departments rescued a California woman who became stuck in a vault toilet at the top of Mount Walker on Tuesday after falling in the toilet to retrieve her phone. Mount Walker is located in Quilcene, Washington and is part of the Olympic National Forest. The woman told rescuers that she dropped her cell phone down into the vault toilet while she was using it.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Spokane firefighters are investigating what caused an RV to catch fire early Friday morning on Gordon near Longfellow Elementary. Fire crews told KHQ that around 12:30 a.m. one of the kids in the home noticed the RV in flames and told their parents. Firefighters were able to quickly get the fire under control and there were able to keep it from spreading to the home nearby.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

President Joe Biden is taking steps to restore national forests that have been devastated by wildfires, drought and blight, using an Earth Day visit to Seattle to sign an executive order protecting some of the nation’s largest and oldest trees. Old-growth trees are key buffers against climate change and provide crucial carbon sinks that absorb significant amounts of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.
- PUB DATE: 4/22/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle