The winter months aren’t stopping lawmakers and elected officials from bracing for this upcoming wildfire season. House Bill 1168 is currently making its way through the Washington State Legislature. Washington’s 2020 wildfire season was one of the most deadly and destructive on record. “It was one of our worst seasons ever and frankly, 5 of the last 6 years have been catastrophic,” said Hilary Franz, Washington’s Commissioner of Public Lands.
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Washington state reached a grime milestone Wednesday, eclipsing 5,000 COVID-19 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. The Washington Department of Health reported 795 new COVID-19 cases, 33 additional hospitalizations and 24 more deaths in the past 24 hours. State health officials have confirmed 342,236 coronavirus cases, 19,466 hospitalizations and 5,012 deaths since the pandemic began.
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The Colorado Springs Fire Department has donated a 1997 HME Becker Type I fire engine to Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico, reports The Gazette.

The fire departments have worked together since 1996. The fire truck is the second engine Colorado Springs Fire Department has donated to Nuevo Casas Grandes. The fire truck was loaded with donations (clothing, shoes, books and toys) from the Rotary Club of Colorado Springs for a local orphanage in Nuevo Casas Grandes.

Colorado Springs typically maintains fire trucks for an average of 17 years then tries to sell the engines.

The two fire departments coordinated to have a team from Nuevo Casas Grandes pick up the vehicle but Donna Nelson, who helps with Colorado Springs sister city coordination said they ran into trouble at the southern border.

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An architecture firm has been approved to work on two projects for the fire department, reports Sapulpa Times.

The projects include construction of the new fire station and a new Administrative and Training Center. The contracts with the architecture firm include design and architectural services, construction management services, procurement and bidding services, and other usual and customary structural, mechanical and electrical engineering services.

Fire officials are very pleased with preliminary designs. 

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Orland is may build a new fire station to replace the aging facility, reports The Ellsworth American.

The current fire station’s issues include leaks, drainage problems and noncompliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. A committee examined the current fire station and also states that the current building is too narrow and not deep enough for modern engines and too short. The entrance doors are not high enough to accommodate modern fire trucks. 

The town does have land elsewhere that could be used for a new station. Any plans to build a new building or renovate the current building would need to be approved by voters.

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