Lower Valley firefighters put out a fire that started when a resident’s attempt to clear brush went out of control on Tuesday. Yakima County Fire District 5 crews were called around noon to 520 W. Neimeyer Road for a brush fire, Chief Kevin Frazier said. A resident was burning brush when burning material blew across Toppenish Creek, igniting brush on the other side, Frazier said.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2020 5:46:37 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

The Tulalip Bay Fire Department has new staff and a new aid car and is now working with the Tulalip Clinic to transport tribal members with less serious illnesses to the clinic. The Tulalip Tribes paid for half of the funding for the new vehicle and funded three full-time positions for the next 90 days.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2020 1:03:59 PM - SOURCE: North County Outlook

Twenty-four people were displaced by a two-alarm fire late Monday afternoon in Kent at the Apex West Hill Apartments in the 24800 block of 46th Avenue South. Nobody was injured in the fire, but two cats died in an adjoining unit to where the fire broke out, according to a Puget Sound Fire news release.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2020 1:01:26 PM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

Battling COVID-19 requires an elaborate armor. First responders don masks, shields, respirators, and other personal protective equipment to protect themselves from the fast-spreading airborne virus. A staple protective gear is the isolation gown. Made from waterproof material and typically designed with long sleeves and snap closures, they protect health care workers while treating patients from splashes and sprays.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Quartz

With a growing number of coronavirus cases, the Bossier City Fire Department is making new use of machines its had for the past six years to decontaminate the back of its ambulances in mere minutes. “We have one at every fire station, a few reserves and one on every ambulance," Fire Chief Brad Zagone said of the gear.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSLA-TV CBS 12 Shreveport