Firefighters quickly contained a farm shed fire in northwest Spokane Monday morning. Crews responded to the fire near W. Jacobs Road and N. Wood Road to find the shed fully engulfed in flames around 5:50 a.m. Firefighters quickly got the fire under control and contained it to the shed, though the structure is a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 10:05:23 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Yakima County firefighters are taking steps to ensure they have enough personal protective equipment when they go on medical calls during the coronavirus pandemic. Some of the Valley’s larger departments are limiting the number of people who go in to work with a patient, stretching out the supply of masks, gowns and gloves.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 4:03:40 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

The Rowlett Fire Department has a long history of providing innovative solutions to complex issues. Continuing that legacy of care and commitment to our community, the Rowlett Fire Department has implemented a TeleMedic program in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. TeleMedic embraces current technology and allows the online one-on-one video assessment of non-critical patients to reduce the risk of provider- or patient-borne exposure to contagions.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Rowlett Lakeshore Times

At exactly 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evening, thousands of New Yorkers in quarantine stood on their porches and near their windows to applaud first responders and health care workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. This powerful act of solidarity, which lasted several minutes, came about after a call on social media to #clapbecausewecare.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABC-TV ABC 7 New York

The Laurel County Fire Department has launched a new phone app this week that includes two sections pertaining to COVID-19. "To our knowledge it's one of the first ones in the area," said Laurel County Fire Chief Terry Wattenbarger. "We're the first emergency service to actually have a mobile app like that.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Times-Tribune