VIDEO: It may look like a lot of work, but several firefighters with Orange County Fire Rescue said it takes a couple of steps when it comes to using ropes during a high-angle rescue call. On Thursday, Orange County Fire Rescue held a special operations training at the Orange County Convention Center to learn how to use a new rope that allows them to make knots faster and easier during an emergency.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKMG-TV CBS 6 Orlando

VIDEO: While COVID-19 cases in the United States have been rising in almost every state over the past week, a handful have been driving the bulk of the nationwide surge. White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters Thursday the country has "fundamentally changed the course of this pandemic" and the threat of serious disease and death now is to the unvaccinated.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN Health

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Tacoma church sustained extensive damage in an overnight fire, emergency officials said. Crews responded to the scene, the New Hope Baptist Church in the 5700 blk of East Portland Avenue, at around 11:45 p.m. Thursday. The first firefighters on the scene found smoke and flames shooting from the roof of the church.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Local firefighters are also sounding the alarm that the new police reform laws could have consequences for their ability to help people if police aren't there. Yakima Fire's deputy chief tells me his firefighters are very nervous because in many calls they respond to, police may no longer be able to protect them.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Three people were displaced from a home northwest of Maltby after a fire Thursday afternoon. A homeowner arrived at his two-story house around 2:40 p.m. in the 18600 block of 65th Ave SE and heard crackling, Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue spokesperson Heather Chadwick said. He found a fire on the back deck and tried to extinguish it, but it spread.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2021 10:25:02 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald