Mooresville Fire-Rescue has new technology to help them arrive at a 911 call faster, when seconds count most. The new tech is called AVL (Auto Vehicle Locator) and it works in conjunction with CAD (Computer-Aided Dispatch) to ensure the closest firefighters and EMT's get to the call quickly. Mooresville already averages a fire truck arriving at a call within five minutes, 85 percent of the time, but AVL will help improve that number.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mooresville Patch

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention breaks the opioid epidemic into three waves. The first wave began with the introduction of OxyContin—the highly addictive painkiller made by Purdue Pharma and introduced in 1996—and an increase in prescribing opioids. Spiked opioid addiction rates quickly followed.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

The United States has not yet reached a national peak of the omicron variant, the nation’s top doctor said, urging caution even as the explosion of cases has started to plateau in some areas. “We shouldn’t expect a national peak in the next coming days — the next few weeks will be tough,” U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post - Metered Site

VIDEO: Colleagues, friends and family paid respects to Clark County Fire District 6 firefighter Joe Killian, who passed away earlier this month at age 56 following a battle with cancer. Killian worked as a firefighter and paramedic for more than 25 years. According to friends, he had a larger than life spirit that could easily make your worries go away.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

Design work on two fire stations could begin in the coming months for Clallam County Fire District 3. On Jan. 4, the district’s fire commissioners agreed to seek Statements of Qualifications from architects to design new structures for Station 31 (Dungeness) and Station 33 (Carlsborg). “We’re looking to get an architect under contract,” assistant fire chief Dan Orr said at the fire commissioner’s meeting earlier this month.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette