With talk of COVID-19 vaccines being made available as soon as this month, major firefighter organizations like The International Association of Fire Fighters and the National Volunteer Fire Council are asking to be among the first to receive it. “I would tell the leaders, the politicians that are deciding, the community leaders, the health department take care of the people that care of your people we are the ones that are out there,” a firefighter and paramedic with the Ocean Pines Fire Department, said.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMDT-TV ABC/CW+ 47 Salisbury

VIDEO: It's a tradition at the Bonneville Salt Flats to spread the ashes of lost loved ones on the track. A Central California firefighter wanted to honor his father that way - and he set a racing record on the same trip. "It was a dream come true. And we didn't have any intention when we left Fresno of going after record, and we ended up having a lot more fun than we thought we were going to," said Frank Silva, Jr.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGO-TV ABC 7 San Francisco

The Longview and Kalama fire departments will hold a memorial procession for Alan Basso on Dec. 11, the agencies announced Thursday. Basso, a Kalama volunteer firefighter, port commissioner and retired Longview Fire Department lieutenant, died Nov. 27 of a heart attack shortly after handling two medical calls in Kalama.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News - Metered Site

After a long career as a firefighter/EMT and technical rescue specialist, Lars Mickelson is retiring from the Valley Regional Fire Authority. His career in the fire service spans 20 years, serving first with Mountain View Fire and Rescue and then VRFA, but prior to becoming a firefighter, Mickelson worked in several capacities in the emergency medical field.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter

Monday night, Spokane Valley Firefighters responded to a fully engulfed car fire on eastbound I-90. According to Spokane Valley Firefighters, it happened between Sullivan and Barker. The driver of the car was nowhere to be found when Washington State Patrol arrived on the scene. Spokane Valley Firefighters want to remind people to please slow down and move over while passing an emergency scene to give first responders a safe space to work.
- PUB DATE: 12/4/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV FOX 28 Spokane