Firefighters from the Spokane area rescued a worker on Monday who slipped and fell while inside a grain elevator. The man was getting ready to receive a delivery when he fell approximately 19 feet, Spokane Valley Fire Department spokesperson Julie Happy said in a press release. It happened in the area of Alki Avenue and Fancher Road.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 6:29:17 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

Pend Oreille Fire District 4 Chief Nick Knaack passed away in the line of duty on Wednesday. He is survived by his wife and three children. Chief Knaack served for 25 years throughout Kootenai County, Bonner County, and Pend Oreille County, according to Fire District 4. Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday, February 27, at 11 a.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2021 5:30:17 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

The Possum Trot-Sharpe Fire Department dedicated a new truck to two students who were killed in a shooting at Marshall County High School, reports The Paducath Sun.

The fire truck has both the students’ pictures and signatures designed onto both sides of the truck. The fire department invited the families to a private viewing of the truck. There were blue, white, and orange balloons, Marshall County’s colors, tied to the sides of the fire truck. 

The balloons tied to the truck were later released.

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The Twin Lakes fire station is a total loss after a fire, reports KFOR News 4.

Fire officials said that the cause of the fire may be an ATV that recently had mechanical work.

An assistant fire chief tried to get some of the fire trucks out of the building. He was not able to do so and he was taken to the hospital as a precaution for overexertion.

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Thirty students from Northeast Metro Tech will work at the 105-year-old Stoneham Fire Station to help renovate and update the station, reports WickedLocal.com.

The students will relocate the kitchen to the second floor and turn the former kitchen space into a gear storage room, along with various other small projects, such as replacing the wheelchair ramp at the front of the building.

Creating this separation of the working and living areas will help to reduce this risk of exposing firefighters to carcinogens left on gear before it is washed and cleaned after being worn and used for a call.

The students will work in groups of five to adhere to COVID-19 protocols.

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