Almost two weeks ago, the agency leading Washington state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak reassured Southwest Washington’s highest-ranking lawmaker. Clark County, at the time home to nine positive cases of COVID-19 and three deaths, would move near the top of the list for resupplies of protective gear and testing kits.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 2:37:40 PM - SOURCE: Oregon Public Broadcasting

Collaboration started more than a month ago with fire chiefs sharing information in daily video conference calls with key staff, Snohomish County 911 and Dr. Eric Cooper, Medical Program Director for Snohomish County Emergency Medical Services. Now fire service agencies have taken the next step by establishing a Fire Coordination Center to provide unified tracking, planning and response to the outbreak.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 1:03:25 PM - SOURCE: North Couty Outlook

Pasco police officers responded to a couple suspicious fires in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The first fire broke out around 2:41 a.m. in an alley at North 14th Avenue and West Clark Street by the Franklin PUD building. Police said someone set fire to a pile of car parts and tires, damaging a fence, pole and some stucco on the side of the building.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 12:02:39 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

VIDEO: N95 masks are ideally single-use, which contributes to the shortage felt by first responders amid the COVID-19 pandemic. That's why one southern Colorado fire department sought out a way to extend the life of each mask. South Fork Fire Rescue in the San Luis Valley says it's developed a way to safely reuse a mask up to 10 times.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRDO-TV ABC 13 Colorado Springs

A partnership between FEMA and New York City is aiming to bring aid to an overburdened FDNY EMS system that has received an “unprecedented” influx of calls due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Mayor Bill de Blasio, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro, NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Deanne Criswell and FEMA Region II Administrator Tom Van Essen announced the partnership, which will bring more than 250 ambulances and approximately 500 more EMTs to the city.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com