First responder sirens were wailing nearly non-stop as Hurricane Isaias churned above eastern Pennsylvania. Listening to dispatches about people trapped by flood waters, motor vehicle accidents, and a commercial structure fire, I was concerned and praying for the first responders during this storm. As Isaias swept northward, a cascade of agencies responded.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IN Public Safety

Salt Lake City firefighters were warned not to expect police officers as often as they have before because of a regular backlog of calls, according to a leaked department memo. The note, penned by Assistant Fire Chief Mike Fox, begins by saying the police department has changed some of their responses “due to COVID” and that they are experiencing “regular days when they have a backlog of calls.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KUTV-TV CBS 2 News Salt Lake City

A new drone technology program launched Monday at Great Oaks Career Campuses, and it's the first of its kind in the world. Through the program, first responders can become drone certified as an emergency services drone operator. “It’s opening up doors to programs beyond your traditional law enforcement and firefighter basic training academy.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLWT-TV NBC 5 Cincinnati

Three people were injured in a boat fire on Yale Lake on Saturday, according to the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies from Clark and Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Offices responded to assist firefighters. The Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said the boat’s driver, a 60-year-old Portland man, suffered second-degree burns on his legs and a 20-year-old passenger, a Milwaukie woman, also suffered burn injuries.
- PUB DATE: 10/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV FOX 12 Portland

Three residents of a home that caught fire north of Millwood early Monday escaped without injury. Spokane County Fire District 9 received reports of the fire at 8404 E. Woodland Park Drive, southwest of Argonne and Bigelow Gulch roads, at about 2:50 a.m. Monday . When crews arrived , the fire had climbed up the backside of the home and into the attic, said Jim Walkowski, assistant fire chief.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2020 2:31:07 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review