Some call it controversial, others call it a life saver. In time for the onset of a second wave of the coronavirus, an all-women’s EMS service in Brooklyn is finally getting an ambulance after overcoming naysayers in the city who tried to prevent it from happening. As CBS2’s Lisa Rozner reported, 4-month-old Sarah Richter sleeps peacefully, even in the pouring rain.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York

The new Fire Station 8 facility was built on a site that had a doublewide trailer as a temporary station. The new, permanent main station has 14 bunk rooms, a kitchen and dining area, offices, an exercise room, a day room with chairs and a TV, a gear locker room and four garage bays. For the firefighters of Station 8, it goes beyond just a place to come to work.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Business Observer

Two women were seriously injured Thursday in what witnesses described as an explosion and fire inside an RV, emergency officials said. Fire crews and medics responded to the scene, in the 13000 block of 297th Street SE in Auburn, at about 9:45 a.m. after receiving reports of an explosion, said Valley Regional Fire Authority.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Washington State Department of Health on Wednesday reported 1,469 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 16 new deaths. The mark is the highest single-day total since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous high of 1,056 on July 6. Pierce County reported 214 new cases and two deaths on Wednesday, a single-day case total which was by far the highest ever since the start of the pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian

A fire destroyed a 13,000-square-foot horse arena and barn near Battle Ground early Wednesday morning. Clark County Fire & Rescue responded to the 10000 block of Northeast 184th Street at 3:57 a.m. Initial reports were that propane tanks were exploding inside the fire zone. The first crews at the scene found the large horse arena fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2020 1:51:10 PM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland