VIDEO: New technology will change how the Springfield Fire Department completes its investigations. It’s called Matterport, and it was donated to the fire department a little less than a year ago. The technology allows fire marshals to go back into a scene through 3D renderings and virtual reality. Matterport consists of a camera that swivels 360 degrees, taking photos to turn into those 3D renderings of a house.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KYTV NBC 3 Springfield

Last week, Clark County Fire District 6 won the coveted Washington Fire Commissioners Association Management Excellence Award. It’s given to the District that judges deem performed best in Operations, Logistics, Finances, Public Outreach, and more. The judges are not in the fire service, rather they are impartial professionals from other public and private organizations.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clark County Today

Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One says it needs to make some changes to keep up with the growing community it serves. Over the past decade, Gig Harbor's population has grown more than 16 percent, and during that same time Gig Harbor Fire says its call volume has increased by more than half. To keep up with the growing demand will require a number of changes, the agency says, including renovating or replacing aging fire district stations and reconsidering firefighter health and training.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Gig Harbor Patch

Call after call, shift after shift, over the course of her 20+ year career as an EMT, Brandy Tarala has seen trauma she cannot forget. "Most of our problems are temporary, but these scenes, these accidents we respond to, that's permanent. It's going to last forever," Tarala said Thursday. "The things we see on a day-to-day basis are horrific.
- PUB DATE: 10/28/2021 7:39:09 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

The city of Columbus (OH) hopes to build a 25,000-square-foot, $12.7 million fire station near New Albany in the hopes of getting additional coverage, reports dispatch.com.

Officials have proposed building Station 36 on a 3.7-acre plot of city-owned property at the southeast corner of Central College and Harlem roads, the report says. There is no address yet, as the city has not obtained a building permit.

The facility would house 30 firefighters and at least one engine and an EMS vehicle, officials say. Construction would begin in 2023 and take between 18 and 24 months.

The station is part of the city’s proposed $1.26 billion capital-improvements budget up for a final vote November 1.

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