One person is unaccounted for after a two-alarm structure fire consumed a building in Waterville Thursday night. "During the course of the fire containment, deputies learned one of the subjects reported to be at the location, prior to the start of the fire, is currently unaccounted for," according to a Friday morning press release from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2020 9:39:44 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

VIDEO: The Pasquotank-Camden EMS is taking action to try and better protect its patients and first responders. Previously, it was wrapping one of its ambulances with plastic. Chief Jerry Newell said that unit was designated to pick up possible COVID-19 patients. But then Newell said the department got an idea from Onslow County EMS in North Carolina.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTKR-TV CBS 3 Norfolk

Researchers have confirmed that there are several effective methods for decontaminating the N95 masks worn by health professionals so that they can be used more than once, the National Institutes of Health announced Wednesday. A substantial body of research already showed that the masks, designed for one-time use, can be reused in a crisis.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The New York Times - Metered Site

iHeartMedia and FirstNet®, Built with AT&T announced today “iHeartRadio’s First Responder Fridays with FirstNet, Built with AT&T,” a special four-week tribute series hosted by Ryan Seacrest streamed LIVE on iHeartRadio’s YouTube and broadcasted across more than 90 iHeartRadio stations nationwide, honoring first responders and medical professionals on the front lines during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Business Wire

The Utah House of Representatives and Senate both passed a bill during a special legislative session on Thursday that would amend the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act to include coverage for volunteer first responders and health care providers who contract COVID-19. Under House Bill 3007, sponsored by House Majority Leader Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, it would be presumed that “a first responder who claims to have contracted COVID-19 during the performance of the first responder’s duties as a first responder” is eligible for a workers’ compensation claim.
- PUB DATE: 4/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Daily Herald