The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) announced today that Fire-Rescue International (FRI) 2020, scheduled to take place August 19-21 in Phoenix, AZ, has been cancelled due to the impact and ongoing concerns about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). A virtual FRI format will be announced on July 7, 2020, and will take place over the week of August 19th.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: IAFC.org

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration confirmed five coronavirus cases among staff members at the Lakeland, Fla., base for its famed “Hurricane Hunter” research aircraft. The cases raise the possibility that one of the country’s vital early-warning systems could be hobbled during what is already an unusually active hurricane season.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Washington Post - Metered Site

The City of Goldendale has maintained its insurance rating with the Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau (WSRB) at a Protection Class 6. The classification follows an analysis conducted by WSRB, an independent, non-profit public service organization that has been serving the State of Washington since 1911.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Goldendale Sentinel

Residents of coronavirus-ravaged Yakima County must do more to prevent the spread of the pandemic, Gov. Jay Inslee said during a press briefing on Tuesday. "Right now the valley is, unfortunately, the epicenter of this earthquake of this virus,” said Gov. Inslee. Yakima County has 250,000 residents but has recorded more than 5,700 cases of COVID-19, the second-highest total in the state after the much larger King County.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Big changes are happening at the Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, or CHOP (formerly known as CHAZ – Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone). All morning starting around 7 a.m. Tuesday, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Seattle Fire Department have been trucking out orange barricades, and moving concrete barricades.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle