The Yakima Fire Department says they responded to three fires in less than seven hours overnight. YFD says the fires began Wednesday night through March 26, Thursday morning. For the first case, the fire district says they were called to the 700 block of South 6th Street at 9:00 p.m for a propane explosion in a recreational vehicle.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW 29 Yakima

Clark County Fire District 6’s Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution asking voters to consider a fire levy lid lift as part of the Aug. 4 primary election. If approved, the lid lift would fund additional personnel to respond to higher call volumes for fire and emergency medical service, improve firefighter training, make the district’s busiest fire station more resistant to earthquake damage, and add or replace aging apparatus, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

Hospitals across the state are short on personal protective equipment, but so are local fire crews. Pasco Fire Department explains they’ve been using medical supplies faster than predicted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ben Shearer from the Pasco Fire Department tells Action News the equipment is in high demand and there is only so much being made.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS/CW 19 Pasco

Mayor Jack Young will give employees in the city a stipend to ease financial burdens as they continue to work during the coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 Pandemic Mission Critical Stipend will be meant for “frontline public-facing employees” including firefighters, EMTs and police officers. They will receive an extra $200 bi-weekly.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJZ-TV CBS 13 Baltimore

With the number of people in the city testing positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) growing by the day -- 84 members of the FDNY have tested positive for the virus, according to an FDNY spokesman. The number of FDNY employees who have tested positive has almost doubled since yesterday, when FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro stated during an interview on Fox News that 46 members had tested positive for coronavirus.
- PUB DATE: 3/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: SILive.com