Because of the COVID 19 pandemic, Personal protective equipment is in high demand. That creates a challenge to the U.S. healthcare system for people like Brian Hambek who is the Executive Director of the Spearfish Ambulance Service. "We're worried about what we call burn rate on PPE, Personal Protective Equipment, and that is a one time use thing that you throw away,” said Hambek.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOTA-TV ABC 3 Rapid City

Firefighters are used to running into a burning building and risking their own lives to help others. But battling an infectious outbreak is a whole other kind of beast. Like others on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic, first responders are increasingly worried about transmitting the highly contagious virus to others.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

A brush fire along I-5 Thursday night lead to a multiple-car crash that has one driver now arrested for DUI, according to the Washington State Patrol. The fire began sometime just before 10 p.m. along the northbound lanes near the 164th Street SW exit, according to Trooper Heather Axtman. Troopers had shut down one of the two lanes of the offramp to allow the fire to be taken care of.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

VIDEO: As first responders take precautions against COVID-19 contamination, those efforts include extensive measures to sterilize fire stations and equipment. Crew members from Express 911 Board Up spent several hours Wednesday using different methods to sterilize the White River Township Department headquarters in Greenwood.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIN-TV Fox 59 Indianapolis

As the coronavirus crisis intensifies, first responders continue making changes to protect both patients and themselves. Emergency medical service crews in the cities of Roanoke and Salem, as well as Botetourt County, are now using protective tents on patients who need oxygen. The mini-isolettes help contain respiratory droplets that could carry the coronavirus within the plastic.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSLS-TV NBC 10 Roanoke