When you think about how technology is enabling remote government work, what comes to mind? Online city council meetings, or enhanced portals for renewing your driver’s license or paying taxes? What about firefighting? While most emergency responders cannot work fully remote due to the nature of their job, they can access the same benefits of unified collaboration tools to quickly connect with stations and seamlessly communicate with other first responders.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: American City and County

An 11-year-old girl from Morris Township is showing just how far one small act of kindness can go. It all started as a service project through Callie Danysh's Cub Scouts, a project to honor a local hero. But with the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the assignment was put on hold. That's when "Flags of Gratitude" was born.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New Jersey News Network

The National Transportation Safety Board says the U.S. is woefully unprepared to deal with EV fires, which require different strategies than gasoline vehicle fires. 31 percent of fire departments don't train for EV fires, and half say they don't have special protocols in place to deal with EVs after a crash, the agency's report found.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Car and Driver

Seattle police say a suspect set a police vehicle on fire Thursday afternoon while officers were inside. An officer in their patrol vehicle was in an alley between Dexter Avenue and John Street around 1:30 p.m. looking for a man who was allegedly brandishing a flaming piece of lumber, according to police.
- PUB DATE: 10/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Firefighters from Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue this month will use four condemned buildings in Kelso for training. The buildings, which are located in the 200 and 300 blocks of Southwest Fourth and Fifth avenues and on Catlin Street, will allow firefighters and officers to practice a “variety of skills,” such as emergency scene management, search and rescue techniques, roof ventilation techniques and down firefighter rescue scenarios, according to a release.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2020 9:54:14 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News