VIDEO: Cleveland firefighters are leading a walk to Nashville starting on February 14th to raise awareness for suicide, something they say frequently impacts their work community. The walk will take place over several days, ending on February 23rd. The firefighters will be accompanied by family members, policy leaders and other community members.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTVC-TV ABC/FOX 9 Chattanooga

COVID-19 cases have continued to subside throughout the United States, while deaths have also settled after increasing rapidly amid surges of infections brought on by the Omicron variant. The United States reported a daily average of 178,705 new COVID-19 cases, down 67% over 14 days, according to data gathered by The New York Times, as individual states have begun to loosen masking mandates and other restrictions to mitigate the spread of the virus and health officials have indicated the peak of Omicron infections has passed.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gephardt Daily

A scrap metal fire aboard a barge had firefighters rushing to Commencement Bay early Monday. The Tacoma Fire Department first reported the blaze at around 10:45 am., saying that it had mobilized crews and the Fireboat Defiance to contain the fire, which is burning near the 6300 block of Marine View Drive.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Puyallup Patch

A 69-year-old woman tragically passed away after a car accident along the west shore of Moses Lake on Wednesday evening. According to the Grant County’s Sheriff’s Office, the victim was driving east on Road 4 NE around 7:30 p.m. on February 9. She was traveling at high speeds in her 2018 Ford Explorer, approaching a T-shaped intersection at Edwards Drive NE.
- PUB DATE: 2/12/2022 10:55:13 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Manheim Township Fire Rescue has officially unveiled its fourth fire station. The new station (202) is located at 600 Richmond Drive in Richmond Square, servicing the northwest/western parts of Manheim Township.

Station 202 will serve as the main headquarters for around the clock emergency response from one single engine and shifts of three firefighter units.

This location was picked from the northwest area of Manheim Township due to its central location to the area it wants to serve. The primary response area is north of Granite Run Drive to the Township border, north of Erb’s Quarry Road, and between the western Township boundary east to roughly Blossom Hill and Weaver Road.

Though it’s the smallest station in Manheim Township, the new location will instantly pay major dividends for the community in this region. Response times are expected to be reduced by 50% when responding from the Richmond Square station, as opposed to the East Oregon Road station and Fruitville Pike station.

“The opening of the Richmond Square Fire Rescue station will provide a significant increase in our ability to provide more timely service to this area of Manheim Township,” said Manheim Township Manager, Rick Kane. “With lower response times we expect a better outcome for residents when they are having a fire or medical emergency.”

The site selected was a commercial property that had been vacant for almost 3 years, which allowed for MT Fire Rescue to re-purpose a building rather than build a new one, or use open land to build new. The building itself was the appropriate size, and its location allowed for the single apparatus bay to be added to the existing footprint without major construction work.

An official open house to welcome the community is tentatively planned for spring, dependent on weather and any COVID restrictions at that time.