PHOTO: Quilcene Fire Rescue and resources from five other departments extinguished a residential fire Monday afternoon on Center Road near the intersection with East Columbia Street. No injuries were reported. Quilcene Fire Chief Tim McKern said crews responded at about 3 p.m. along with resources from East Jefferson Fire-Rescue, Brinnon Fire Rescue, Mason County Fire, Discovery Bay Fire Rescue and Port Ludlow Fire Rescue.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2020 7:41:56 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News - Metered Site

Moses Lake Police and Fire responded to a vehicle fire in the 3-thousand block of Peninsula Sunday afternoon. Fire Marshal Derek Beach says the initial reports were someone was throwing rocks through a window. “When crews arrived, there were two vehicles and a boat that had fire damage. One of the cars was completely destroyed.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2020 1:48:05 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

Spokane Valley firefighters are growing used to the unprecedented, widespread precautions they’re taking to protect themselves and the public from the spread of the novel coronavirus, while grappling with the danger of the uncertain situations they find themselves in. “We know what our job is,” said paramedic Marc Lange, a five-year veteran of the department.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2020 5:18:46 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review

Whatcom County officials last week created a single agency to address the new coronavirus. A Wednesday, March 18, statement from Whatcom Unified Command: COVID-19 Joint Information Center was signed by the county executive, mayors of all county cities, tribal officials, some elected members of the Port of Bellingham and the Whatcom County Council, and other officials.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2020 3:15:34 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

When Hayward Fire Chief Garrett Contreras saw that San Jose had to quarantine many of its firefighters after they were exposed to coronavirus, he thought it could happen to his city, too. “We started to get concerned about taking care of our people,” he said. “Once I realized that there was a lack of testing for sick people in general, I realized there was a broader problem.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQED-FM