Mansfield Fire Chief Steve Strickling has issued a directive to his employees to limit their exposure working at other jobs, including township fire departments and hospitals, for the time being due to COVID-19 concerns. Strickling said he does not know the exact number of his employees who work elsewhere too but said "there are quite a few.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Mansfield News Journal

North Bend is home to the North American production facility of the world’s largest video gaming company. Nintendo has been “Putting Smiles on the Faces of Everyone Nintendo Touches”, according to their Corporate Social Responsibility statement. Today is no different. Nintendo representative Jerry Danson contacted Eastside Fire & Rescue (EF&R) to generously donate over 9,500 N95 Particulate Respirator masks.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: North Bend, WA

The statewide death toll from coronavirus climbed to an estimated 132 Wednesday as King County reported six more people had died of the disease there and Pierce County reported its second death. The Pierce County victim was a Spanaway man in his 70s who died of complications from COVID-19, officials said.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

VIDEO: Richland’s Fire Department will be nearly at full staff within the week after firefighters were quarantined after a potential exposure to patients with coronavirus. Four firefighters responded to a medical call, but didn’t think they were heading to a room with a person suffering from flu-like symptoms.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Tri-City Herald - Metered Site

Thanks largely to a loosening of health guidelines, the number of Spokane city firefighters in quarantine and out of work has dropped since last week. Nineteen firefighters were in quarantine on Wednesday, compared to 33 last Thursday, according to Deputy Chief Jay Atwood. Several firefighters have been tested for COVID-19, but the department has yet to report a positive result.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2020 6:11:25 PM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review