October typically marks the beginning of the flu season and it's coming with new warnings of a possible "twindemic" of COVID-19 and influenza. The United States and much of the world got a welcome break from the flu last year with fewer cases than any time in recent history. The coronavirus was spreading fast but pandemic mitigation measures like masking, social distancing and people going to school and working remotely left few opportunities for the flu virus to spread.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUTV CBS 2 Salt Lake City

Onalaska’s Fire District 1 acknowledged and celebrated the past during the dedication of its new fire station on state Route 508 Friday, thanking former volunteers for their dedication as the district prepares to usher in a bright future. Retired volunteers were invited to join current volunteers and community members for a hose uncoupling — the fire station’s equivalent of a ribbon cutting — to formally dedicate Onalaska Fire’s new station during the community’s Apple Harvest festival.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle

In 12 days, at least a handful of Spokane firefighters will lose their jobs. They claim their religious beliefs tell them not to get vaccinated. “It’s personal, it feels like a personal attack against me because of the time I put in, and now I’m just getting swept to the side because I’m not able to get that vaccine,” said Spokane Fire Battalion Chief Michael Bacon.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Firefighters had a close call in the Pinehurst neighborhood. The Seattle Fire Department confirmed to KOMO News its crew members were near 15th Avenue Northeast and Northeast 125th Street when a car T-boned its ladder truck. The crew members in ladder 10 were not hurt. KOMO News was told two people were in the car, one ran away from the scene while the other refused medical help.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

The Volvo Penta-powered Rosenbauer Panther was exhibited at MINExpo in Las Vegas, reports Mining.com.

The Panther is equipped with a Rosenbauer N80 pump that can discharge up to 9,000 liters per minute a distance of over 100 meters. The Panther also has 1,500 liters of foam onboard that is specially designed for fighting fuel fires and 225 kg of dry chemical agent used for fighting difficult three-dimensional fires expected from the massive mobile equipment used at mines.

Several Canadian airports, including Halifax, are also using Rosenbauer’s Panther.