Samish Island residents and Puget Sound Energy staff gathered Tuesday to celebrate a recently-installed solar panel and battery system at the Samish Island fire station. Samish Island resident Bob Pavia first took on the project in 2018. Spurred by the idea of finding a way to support the fire station in case of an emergency or power outage, Pavia reached out to Skagit County Fire District 5, which operates the station, and Puget Sound Energy for a solution.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald

A bill to reconstruct a memorial for fallen firefighters is waiting on Washington Governor Jay Inslee’s signature. Supporters of the bill, including lawmakers who are firefighters, gathered in Olympia to highlight the bill’s passage. The memorial will honor nearly 300 Washington firefighters who have died in the line of duty since 1891, according to the Fallen Firefighter Foundation.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Public Broadcasting

VIDEO: Two weeks ago, 65-year-old Brad Holyoak's life changed. "Just like that, as fast as snapping your fingers," Holyoak said. "I was dead and they brought me back to life, that's something I won't forget." He went into cardiac arrest in his Spokane Valley home, falling unconscious into his bathtub face first.
- PUB DATE: 3/6/2024 2:12:00 AM - SOURCE: Nonstop Local

PHOTOS: Early Tuesday morning about 5:30 a.m., fire was reported at the fire station in town. “The firehouse has burned. It is a total loss,” Shannon County First Responders state in a release of information. “Devastating way to begin a day, Eminence Area Volunteer Fire Department lost their entire station and equipment this morning,” states Missouri State Fire Marshal Tim Bean.
- PUB DATE: 3/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOAM-TV CBS 7 Pittsburg

VIDEO: There’s a new tool in the Tempe Fire Department’s arsenal that they hope will make the challenge of fighting electric vehicle fires a thing of the past. “It’s very easy to use and it has way less kick back than any of our firehoses,” said Tempe Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Chris Snow. It’s called the Coldcut Cobra, and like the reptile it references, it helps firefighters strike at the heart of a fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/6/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV CBS 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 Phoenix (AZ Family)