More than half the nearly 8,000 ventilators the federal stockpile sent to states to fight the coronavirus pandemic went to New York, while the rest were split among 14 other states and territories, a report from the federal government shows. The report was released Wednesday by the U.S. House Oversight Committee amid criticism from its chairwoman that states with the biggest COVID-19 problems didn’t get enough supplies.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: USA Today

The fire was so hot that it melted a fire hose right off the hydrant. Paint and lights on fire trucks blistered, melting in the intense heat that night 35 years ago. The inferno on April 13, 1985, still stands as the city’s biggest, engulfing the 300 block of South Davie Street. A 35-year old homeless man, Rozelle Bryant, died in the fire.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greensboro News & Record

FirstNet PTT service - provided by AT&T and built on 3GPP mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) standard - delivers the performance that public safety needs and can be an LMR alternative for some agencies, according to the captain of a New Jersey police department that conducted a beta trial of the new offering.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Urgent Communications

A woman was killed when a fire broke out Sunday afternoon inside her Pierce County apartment, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the complex located in the 2100 block of 112th Street South in Parkland around 4 p.m. When firefighters arrived they found the unresponsive woman inside her apartment.
- PUB DATE: 4/13/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A brush fire reported south of Leavenworth on Sunday burned through the night and is now estimated at five acres. The Alpenhof Fire is moving up a steep slope away from structures, Chelan County Fire District 3 PIO Annie Schmidt said. No evacuation notices have been issued. A combination of dry vegetation and steep terrain has kept the fire burning despite the relatively cool temperatures, she said.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2020 8:52:34 PM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World