The FDNY on Thursday hosted a ceremonial sendoff to medical response teams that traveled to New York City to assist with the coronavirus pandemic. For 60 days, American Medical Response (AMR) ambulance crews, Network Providers and support staff from across the country have worked in New York as part of the urgent response to the COVID-19 crisis.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

Clark County Fire & Rescue (CCFR) units met with some challenges at an apartment fire early Thursday (May 28) in Woodland. Firefighters were dispatched at 9:01 a.m. Thursday to a report of a fire on the patio of an apartment at 560 Bozarth Street in Woodland. The fire engine from the Woodland station, Engine 29, arrived at 9:05 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clark County Today

Another high number of positive cases were reported by the Yakima Health District Thursday evening, including no new COVID-19 deaths. For the third day in a row, the health district is reporting no new deaths from the virus in Yakima County. YHD says 128 more people tested positive for COVID-19, now totaling 3,380 confirmed cases.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 News Yakima

Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that long-term care facilities statewide will have access to widespread testing for all their residents and staff in the coming weeks. An order issued by the state Department of Health says that all consenting residents in nursing homes will be tested within two weeks.
- PUB DATE: 5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Public Radio

The starting cost of an ambulance ride in the city of Spokane will increase 28% under a new one-year agreement approved on Thursday. Though they bemoaned the sizable rate hike and timing of the proposal, members of the council reluctantly signed off on a new one-year contract with the city’s ambulance provider, American Medical Response.
- PUB DATE: 5/28/2020 2:09:12 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site