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Posted: Apr 21, 2021

Virginia firefighters host baseball clinic for Little League: ‘We are more than just first responders’

Henrico Firefighters are giving back to kids in the Highland Springs community with baseball. They hosted a clinic over the weekend as part of a new partnership to support the community they live in. The firefighters stepped up to bat to teach new techniques to kids in the Highland Springs Little League.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRIC-TV ABC 8 Richmond
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Posted: Apr 21, 2021

EV Batteries Are A Major Fire Risk And Carmakers Need To Act

In 2018 there were about 181,500 highway vehicle fires, according to the National Fire Protection Association. The vast majority of those were gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles. For whatever reason, we expect and accept that. But with EV fires it's different. The National Traffic Safety Board addressed these EV fires in January with a report noting that there are two main safety issues.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Car Buzz
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Posted: Apr 21, 2021

2-alarm fire burns tavern in White Center

PHOTOS: Firefighters from several South Sound agencies worked to battle a 2-alarm fire at a White Center tavern Wednesday morning. The fire broke out around 5 a.m. at the Locker Room Tavern in the 9600 block of 16th Ave. SW, according to Puget Sound Fire. Firefighters from Tukwila, Seattle and King County Fire Dist.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Apr 21, 2021

Follow Up: Fired Ocean Shores fire chief wins breach of contract suit

Former Ocean Shores Fire Chief David Bathke, fired in March 2019, has been awarded more than $730,000 in damages by a Federal District Court judge. “The city breached its agreement” with Bathke, concluded U.S. Western District Court Judge Benjamin H. Settle in his decision, filed Thursday. “As a result of the breach, Bathke suffered damages in the amount of $734,376.
- PUB DATE: 4/21/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily World
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Posted: Apr 20, 2021

Vancouver woman injured in fiery I-205 crash

VIDEO: A 23-year-old Vancouver woman was taken to a hospital Monday night following a fiery crash along the east side of northbound Interstate 205, just north of Mill Plain Boulevard. Vancouver police and firefighters were called at about 9:15 p.m. to a crash involving injuries, emergency dispatch records show.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2021 6:27:23 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site
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