A total of $3.5 million was awarded to 154 fire departments, districts and EMS providers through the Small Equipment Grant Program. The Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal and Gov. Pritzker announced the OSFM received 540 applications, requesting around $12 million in funding during this grant period.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WIFR-LD CBS 23 Rockford

The United States has long prided itself as the world's shining beacon. But its current status is a much darker one: the globe's leader in coronavirus cases. More than 125,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the US, and more than 2.5 million Americans have been infected. American life has been irrevocably altered by the worst pandemic in a century.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

PHOTOS: City officials invite area residents to join them next week in a celebration of the Fort Walton Beach Fire Department’s new fire engine. City officials used $530,000 in half-cent sales tax money to pay for the 2020 engine, which can pump 1,500 gallons of water per minute and carries a full complement of firefighting, rescue and emergency medical tools and equipment.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Florida Daily News

The Yakima Health District reported 75 new COVID-19 cases and two more deaths Monday evening. YHD says there are at least a total of 7,316 confirmed cases in Yakima County. According to the health district, 138 people have died from COVID-19, and the 134 people who died had underlying health conditions.
- PUB DATE: 6/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Chelan County Commissioners predictably moved the county's Fire Hazard Level from ‘Moderate' to ‘High' Monday. "It's dried out quite a bit in the valley zone." said Fire Marshal Bob Plumb, "Down by the river we've had a number of fires. Even with the little bit of rain we got yesterday (Sunday), it's going to dry right back out today.
- PUB DATE: 6/29/2020 8:56:00 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560