A program conducting home visits with vulnerable patients after they have been checked out of the hospital is doing its best to go online, both for the sake of the paramedics and patients. Racine’s Mobile Integrated Health program went into a trial phase in the fall of 2018 and was fully implemented in 2019.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times

VIDEO: A heavily involved fire destroyed at least nine boats and a boathouse Friday night at the Jim Clark Marina in south Seattle. Seattle firefighters were called after 9:30 p.m. to knock down the fire in the 1300 block of Southwest Spokane Street, where crews had limited access. Fire officials said it took crews about 20 minutes to get the fire under control and about 90 minutes to extinguish it.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Governor Jay Inslee’s statewide “stay home, stay healthy” order, meant to slow the spread of a deadly new coronavirus, seems to be helping local first responders by alleviating the normal flow of calls for things like vehicle accidents and other non-virus related emergencies. “It’s been very quiet, and the call volume is quite a bit lower than would be expected for this time of year,” Camas-Washougal Fire Chief Nick Swinhart told the Post-Record today.
- PUB DATE: 3/30/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

PHOTO: Multiple brush fires followed each other after sparks fell from a train heading eastbound through Richland Sunday afternoon. The Richland Fire Department responded to the first reported fire near Kohl’s where there were multiple small fires. The department quickly put out each one. As the train traveled, so did the fires.
- PUB DATE: 3/29/2020 2:37:34 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Crews knocked out a fire at a North Spokane tire shop early Saturday morning. According to Spokane Fire, crews responded to the 2500 block of N. Division, in the parking lot of Poor Boys Tire and Automotive, shortly after 1 a.m. There, they say a massive pile of tires and van were engulfed in flames that quickly spread to the building.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2020 4:03:08 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane