While some families are grappling with how to keep their children educated and entertained in this new age of social distancing, many on the front lines are grappling with whether to risk coming home to their families some nights or pondering whether responding to an emergency could result in exposure.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bucks County Courier Times

Royal Upholstery & Fabric Center is also gearing up to potentially supply masks to the Spokane Fire Department personnel. Krista Featherstone, owner of Royal Upholstery, says that they were approached by the Fire Department about making masks for them. “We were approached by the Spokane Fire Department about our ability to make masks and were asked to come up with a prototype and we did,” Featherstone says.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Inlander

Kennewick Police are investigating a "suspicious fire" that erupted Tuesday night. KPD reports the call came in at about 10:15 p.m to the area of East Albany Ave. and North Date Street. The Kennewick Fire Department was able to quickly extinguish the flames, and say the fire started in a bucket. Authorities say they are searching for those responsible for starting the fire.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW 19 Pasco

VIDEO: What would you do if your community had no fire protection? For residents in Franklin County back in the 1950s, it meant petitioning for a fire district and buying a firetruck. After Franklin County Fire District #3 formed in 1953, the district bought their first firetruck in 1955, a brand new International ‘tanker’.
- PUB DATE: 3/24/2020 4:45:59 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Fire departments in Arizona went straight to the state Capitol Monday after a workers' compensation insurance company said their firefighters would not receive coverage if they contracted COVID-19 on the job. A voicemail was sent to Arizona's Family confirming that's what 7710 Insurance said, but the company is now admitting they made a mistake.
- PUB DATE: 3/24/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KTVK-TV 3 & KPHO-TV CBS 5 (azfamily.com)