Spokane firefighters had to be rescued when their truck became trapped under fallen power lines Wednesday morning. Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer spoke with 4 News Now on keeping an eye out for downed power lines — saying they can be hard to spot as they are dark and strewn across the road. “We actually had one fall on a fire truck this morning, it disabled the fire truck and the people in it, so we had to get some help,” said Schaeffer.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2021 1:46:46 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Emergency crews rescued a woman trapped inside a partially collapsed house on the South Hill Wednesday morning. Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the house, on 63rd Ave, was hit by a fallen tree. The tree broke off the top and speared between a husband and wife who were in their bedroom. The woman was pinned and had to be extricated.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2021 7:47:22 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Emergency crews rescued a woman trapped inside a partially collapsed house on the South Hill Wednesday morning. Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the house, on 63rd Ave, was hit by a fallen tree. The tree broke off the top and speared between a husband and wife who were in their bedroom. The woman was pinned and had to be extricated.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2021 7:47:22 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Snohomish’s Fire District 4 has decided to study the possibility of forming a Regional Fire Authority (RFA) with the Everett Fire Department. “This is the next step in investigating the possibility (that) it makes sense,” fire board Commissioner Jim Schmoker said during the Dec. 14 Fire District 4 Commissioners Meeting.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2021 1:08:24 AM - SOURCE: Snohomish County News

A Prince George's County firefighter fell out of a fire engine truck that was traveling to a call around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Prince George's County Fire Department (PGFD). The fall from the truck happened around the intersection of Bell Station Road and Annapolis Road in Fairwood, Maryland.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9 Washington DC