As world leaders grapple with how to efficiently and safely deliver COVID-19 vaccines to 8 billion people, the task of building vaccine-administration pods will fall to thousands of local hospitals, clinics, and community centers. There will be no “one size fits all” solution to this challenge; core design elements, based on basic principles of continuous improvement (or lean management), offer a roadmap.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Harvard Business Review - Metered Site

PHOTOS: Four people were injured, including two critically, in a crash during a test drive in Everett Tuesday afternoon. A 42-year-old woman was "driving recklessly" while on a test drive of a Hyundai Elantra with a 38-year-old dealership employee, according to Aaron Snell with Everett Police. The woman sped north and rear-ended a pickup truck.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU-TV ABC 2 Portland

Firefighters battled a two-alarm fire at a commercial building Thursday night in Auburn. Crews were called to the 3800 block of West Valley Highway North. Firefighters said they had to stretch multiple hoses to the roof in order to fight the fire. No injuries were reported as all employees inside the building were able to escape.
- PUB DATE: 3/12/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The Yakima Health District reported 83 new cases of COVID-19 Thursday and no new deaths. The county has now reported 28,201 cases of COVID since it began counting last March. It has reported 385 COVID deaths. One more person was hospitalized Thursday, with nine people hospitalized and one intubated.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2021 6:16:16 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Haltom City-based Trotter Controls eceived a patent and FAA approval for the world’s first all-electric fire gate system, reports Dallas Innovates.

The company’s FRDS GEN III was selected as a fire gate for Air Tractor and its latest version of the AT802F firefighting plane.

The new system replaces the hard-to-maintain hydraulics and pumps with a simpler electric motor that’s 40 percent lighter. That means the plane can carry more liquid fire retardant and the design automatically compensates when the tank is not level to deliver consistent coverage on the ground.

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