Two Lehigh Valley fire departments are looking to swap firetrucks for firefighter training. Easton City Council at its meeting Wednesday night was scheduled to consider a resolution to approve sending two pieces of fire apparatus, which are not currently in use, to the Allentown Fire Department. Allentown, in turn, would waive the tuition of two of six recruits Easton currently has in the Allentown Fire Academy, according to the proposal.
- PUB DATE: 3/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Express-Times - LehighValleyLive.com

The White House has launched a nationwide call-to-action to save lives from opioid overdoses -- an election year effort to tackle the opioid crisis. In its Wednesday announcement, the Biden-Harris Administration said it hopes the new effort will help get Naloxone, a drug meant to reverse opioid overdose, into as many communities as possible, increase training and broaden access to the drug.
- PUB DATE: 3/14/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

One man has been arrested for the death of a woman found in a house fire in Thurston County. Firefighters responded to a fire in the 4100 block of Cooper Point Rd NW in Thurston County around 8:30 a.m. on March 9. After the fire was put out, crews pulled the body of a woman believed to be in her 40s out of the home and called the Thurston County Sheriff's Office to investigate.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2024 1:47:58 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Before considering the sale of the Lost Mountain Fire Station, leaders with Clallam County Fire District 3 are making one last effort to recruit active volunteers to see if they want to keep the station going. Interim fire chief Dan Orr said at the March 5 fire commissioners meeting that postcards were sent out the same day to residents on Lost Mountain, setting up another community meeting.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2024 5:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette Online - Metered Site

VIDEOS: Two people were killed after a house exploded in Crescent Township, Allegheny County. Authorities say the blast was reported shortly before 9 a.m. Tuesday. Units from Crescent, Moon and Sewickley responded to the scene, as well as responders from Ambridge. Two people, 87-year-old Helen H. Mitchell and 89-year-old David L.
- PUB DATE: 3/13/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTAE-TV ABC 4 Pittsburgh