Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) Fire Chief, Bryan Collins, announced plans to provide the Spokane Valley Fire Department with an officer wellness App to support their mental health and well-being. The wellness tool will be an App installed on phones to help Spokane Valley Firefighters and retired Firefighters with their personal health and wellness needs.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Valley Fire

More testing will allow Washington state to relax some social distancing measures because we’ll be able to identify sick people early and keep them isolated. Here’s how we can get there. If you feel sick and think it’s COVID-19, how quickly can you get tested for the virus? Until last week, if you had close contact with a COVID-19 positive person, but developed no symptoms, you may have been told to just stay home.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Oregon Public Broadcasting

Hot and dry weather is predicted for Mother’s Day weekend (May 9-10), presenting an elevated risk for wildfires across the state. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources has already responded to 230 wildfires this year. Of those, 120 were caused by people burning debris. Winds this weekend could see gusts of up to 25 mph and temperatures are expected to reach the high 70s and mid-80s.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2020 9:07:48 PM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

If the federal government does not come to the rescue with financial assistance, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says that the city may be forced to lay off city employees like police officers, firefighters, and healthcare workers. “They found $58B effortlessly for the airline industry, why are they not helping America’s cities and states get back on their feet,” de Blasio asked.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WNYW-TV FOX 5 New York

On a cold Sunday night in March, Long Beach firefighter and paramedic James Dolas began to feel the first tingle of illness. The next day, as the 34-year-old came down with a fever, sore throat and muscle pain, his supervisor delivered the bad news: He feared that Dolas and other firefighters at Station 11 had been exposed to the novel coronavirus.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Los Angeles Times - Metered Site