A bill is being discussed in a Kansas Senate committee Tuesday that would give fire investigators law enforcement powers in the state. This means, if an investigator encounters a crime in progress, they would have the legal right to pull-over, detain, and even arrest someone. The Kansas Fire Marshal, Doug Jorgensen, made clear during his testimony in favor of the bill that investigators would not be conducting traffic stops.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KSNT-TV NBC 27 Topeka

A few Upstate ambulances are now carrying a cooler that can save lives. The No. 1 cause of preventable deaths that ambulances deal with is loss of blood, said Aaron Dix, Prisma Health's executive director of emergency medical services. If someone has a severe gunshot wound or hemorrhaging or has been in a severe accident, they could lose blood faster than an ambulance can get them to a hospital, Dix said.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Greenville News

Firefighters scrambled to extinguish a fire in a South Seattle residential building early Wednesday. Crews responded to the scene, a large home in the 6200 block of 46th Avenue South, at about 4:30 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames spewing from the structure. After the blaze was extinguished, firefighters searched through the building but found no one inside.
- PUB DATE: 3/11/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

An apartment complex on Spokane's lower South Hill is left picking up the pieces after one of the tenants lit her apartment on fire and left with a suitcase. The damage she admits she intentionally caused spread to other units. Natalia Hensz told KHQ she started the fire under a sink and watched as it grew.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2020 7:47:41 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

It's business as usual for the Spokane Fire Department when it comes to responding to calls. But they do have a contingency plan in place if they were to come into contact with someone displaying COVID-19-like symptoms. "We're extremely concerned about it. Primarily because it is a pandemic, it spreads so easily and can go through communities very quickly," Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2020 6:36:44 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6