John Orndorff says he’s an adrenaline junky - that’s one of the reasons he became a firefighter more than 17 years ago. But being a lieutenant at Frederick County Fire and Rescue in Winchester, Virginia, means some days are a little less high octane. “We have an elderly community back here behind us that we service,” Orndorff says.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Virginia Public Media

VIDEO: The difference between a click and a call matters in a dispatch center, and before April 5, dispatchers at the Thornton Emergency Communication Center had to call other agencies to be able to dispatch them, instead of seeing in real time where they were, and clicking to send them. "So it could take up to one to two to almost three minutes sometimes, depending," said Brandi Seaton, the Communications Center Supervisor.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUSA-TV NBC 9 Denver

The World Health Organization and the Biden administration are both saying that COVID-19 remains a public health emergency, even as global deaths from the virus have reached the lowest levels since March 2020. Both the WHO and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services first declared COVID-19 a public health emergency in January 2020.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NPR

PHOTO: Firefighters are working to contain a fire that has engulfed a community club in Seabeck on Wednesday night. Crews were called to 24283 NW Seabeck Holly Road. When crews with Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue arrived at the scene, they said the Holly Community Club was fully involved. Firefighters have not said if anyone was hurt and have not determined what caused the fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service is implementing a 10-year Wildfire Crisis Strategy, focusing initial investment on ten landscapes, including the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. The Central Washington Initiative of the crisis strategy covers 2.45 million acres of land in Washington, from Winthrop to Naches.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima/KNDU-TV NBC 25 Richland