In just eight days in January, an EMT and a paramedic with Beaufort County EMS each racked up more than 140 hours doing a job that required quick thinking and reactions at any time of day or night, from rushing to transport trauma patients to the hospital to responding to life-threatening medical emergencies.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Island Packet

The annual National Memorial Day Concert airs this Sunday at 8 p.m. on PBS. It will include a 20th anniversary remembrance of 9/11 presented by Steve Buscemi. “I went to D.C. almost 20 years ago the year after 9/11; I was asked to do the 9/11 tribute then because they knew I’m a former firefighter with Engine 55 in Manhattan,” Buscemi said.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTOP News Washington DC

Last summer wildfires burned more than 700,000 acres of land across the state. One of the worst in the Yakima Valley was the Evans Canyon fire which burned over 70,000 acres. Local fire officials fear more of the same this year. Even though summer is still another month from now the recent winds and dry land is troubling to local firefighters and that's why they aren't wasting any time in preparing for wildfire season.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

VIDEO: An Alaska man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for trying to set fire to a Seattle police precinct during last summer's racial justice protests. Desmond David-Pitts pleaded guilty to a federal arson conspiracy charge in January, acknowledging he set a fire to trash piled outside the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct Aug.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

The Seattle City Council unanimously voted Monday to move the 911 dispatch call center from the Seattle Police Department’s jurisdiction. In the move, 911 dispatching would no longer be funded by the police department. Instead, 911 dispatching will be moved to a newly established civilian-led Community Safety and Communications Center.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2021 9:40:17 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000