There are no flames to spray water on. There is no criminal to handcuff. In an unassuming, out-of-the-way building near Spokane Community College, scores of elected leaders, emergency responders and public health officials coordinate their response to the crisis facing Spokane County. But in the Emergency Coordination Center, the current challenge is unlike any its leaders have ever taken on before.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review

PHOTO: Five fire trucks and three water tankers were called out to a fire in Battle Ground, Washington Monday evening. Crews got the call for help around 7 p.m. and arrived at NE 239th Street to find the building fully engulfed in flames. The structure on fire was an 18,000-square-foot outbuilding/shop, according to Clark County Fire and Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 3/31/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV CBS 6 Portland

As she left Joann fabric and craft store in north Spokane on Sunday afternoon, Allison Tripp donned a homemade face mask. The mask was the first of many attempts for Tripp, who had returned to Joann to buy more supplies. Tripp and people across Spokane have flocked to local fabric and craft stores for supplies to make masks for first responders.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 8:11:19 PM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review

A woman was killed in a residential fire in Ferndale on Monday. Firefighters from Whatcom County Fire District 7 responded to a report of a residential fire in the 7200 block of Enterprise Road at about 11:15am. A man and woman were reportedly trapped inside. Fire Chief Larry Hoffman tells KGMI the man was able to escape, but efforts from bystanders to rescue the woman were unsuccessful.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 6:44:18 PM - SOURCE: KPUG-AM 1170

Firefighters quickly contained a farm shed fire in northwest Spokane Monday morning. Crews responded to the fire near W. Jacobs Road and N. Wood Road to find the shed fully engulfed in flames around 5:50 a.m. Firefighters quickly got the fire under control and contained it to the shed, though the structure is a total loss.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 10:05:23 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4