The image of firefighters racing to a call in a big, red fire engine, lights blazing, is an image ingrained in the public’s psyche, but some fire districts — especially those in rural districts populated with steep, narrow roads — are deciding to leave the classic fire engine at the station on routine medical calls and, instead, opt to take smaller, more maneuverable vehicles.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2021 1:12:55 PM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

A cause has not yet been determined for an early Thursday morning fire in an abandoned house in the 8800 block of 232nd Place Southwest, off Edmonds Way. There were no injuries. South County Fire spokesperson Leslie Hynes said that crews were called to the fire — located in unincorporated Esperance — at 1:07 a.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2021 10:00:52 AM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News

At least two families are displaced from their homes after a tree crashed through a duplex in Tacoma. Neighbors said a tree snapped just after midnight during a devastating windstorm, Wednesday, in the 6000 block of Mason Avenue South. A woman is out of a hospital after the tree crashed through her bedroom roof, pinning her to her bed.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2021 5:22:45 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

VIDEO: A large fire broke out at an apartment complex near the Industrial Canal in New Orleans East Wednesday night. The cause of the fire is not yet known, but it appears to have broken out at or near the Gentilly Ridge apartment complex off of Chef Menteur Highway. NOFD officials say the complex has about 100 units in it, about 90 of them occupied.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWL-TV CBS 4 New Orleans

The Thornton Fire Department is one of the first in the country to use new technology to monitor firefighters who were exposed to COVID-19. The department is using the Masimo Pulse Oximeter on quarantined firefighters to check their health status and be notified of a health decline. The device measures oxygen saturation, pulse and breathing rate, circulation and respiratory quality.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver