VIDEO: First responders at the California State Capitol on Wednesday blasted hours-long wait times to transfer patients to emergency rooms. Emergency health workers voiced their growing frustration during a hearing, saying the wait times are bad for patients and keep them from other calls. Some agencies reported waiting up to eight hours to transfer patients to emergency rooms.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOVR-TV CBS 13 Sacramento

PHOTOS: Sometimes Fire Departments have some really cool tools at their disposal. This one, from the Town of Hermon Fire Department's Facebook page, caught my eye. So I reached out to Hermon Fire Chief Cody Sullivan to get the skinny on this member of Hermon's rescue fleet, the rescue-boggan, also known as the "snowbulance".
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQCB-FM 106.5 Brewer

PHOTOS: Everett Firefighters had to rescue two people trapped in a second-floor unit at the Riverdale Apartments in the 1800 block of Chestnut after fire broke out around 12:30 AM Thursday morning. The two were unable to escape and were brought out by firefighters on a ladder run to a back bedroom of the fire unit by arriving crews.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Everett News

A team with Tacoma Fire rescued two people from a vehicle that drove off a steep embankment in the 6600 block of Marinera Street Tuesday afternoon. One person was safely raised to the street by 4:30 p.m. The second was raised to the road just before 5 p.m. Neither was seriously injured, according to Tacoma Fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia, and Rep. Dan Griffey, R-Allyn, would provide a new grant funding source for rural fire departments whose buildings and equipment are inadequate to meet the fire safety needs of their communities. House Bill 1929 would establish a competitive grant program under the state Department of Commerce to award funding of up to $2 million to local governments in rural counties for capital projects that would improve fire protection services.
- PUB DATE: 1/20/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Centralia Chronicle - Metered Site