Paramedic Amy Dyer Drinkwater watched COVID-19 on the approach well before it gained a foothold in Maine. As the director of three ambulance services – St. George, Thomaston and South Thomaston – she had the safety of the community and staff to consider, and this particular risk was novel, not only in its pathology and virology, but in the way it skulked around, undetected.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Penobscot Bay Pilot

One by one, 85 ambulances and firetrucks trickled down the narrow street in a somber procession, snaking their way through the Port Monmouth section of Middletown. As the first responders rolled past the forest green house, they each blared their sirens to honor one of their own. Robert Weber, a Middletown First Aid and Rescue Squad volunteer and firefighter, was only 44 when he died April 15 from complications of the coronavirus.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

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- PUB DATE: 4/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: How-To Geek

Firefighters rescued a little girl they found hiding inside a closed toy chest in a burning home Sunday in Monroe, emergency officials said. The drama unfolded at about 11:10 a.m. when Snohomish County Fire District 7 was dispatched to a residential house fire in the 16500 block of 154th Street SE in Monroe.
- PUB DATE: 4/20/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Spokane firefighters spent Saturday turning their fire trucks into pizza delivery trucks to provide food for families across the community. It started when Peace Pie Pizzeria offered to provide a meal for first responders at the Spokane Fire Department. Owner Isaac Houger said the firefighters had a different idea.
- PUB DATE: 4/18/2020 7:44:10 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane