Responding to a medical call in a rural area outside of town, emergency responders pause for a moment to figure out how they can access a property. By the way, it’s the middle of a moonless night. “We used to do that with our old manual map books and open it up,” Capt. Rich Saalsaa, Philomath Fire & Rescue’s fire and life safety officer remembered.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Corvallis Gazette-Times

During a late night of emergency calls last year, Dallas firefighter and paramedic Paul Clarke decided he was sick of drinking bad coffee to keep him alert during shifts. He wanted to create a better brew for himself and his fellow first responders. But before he could, Clarke—an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve—was deployed to Iraq for nine months.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: D Magazine

"Excellent dad, the best. They don't come any better than him," says Kalina Shouse when asked about her husband Erik. The couple have two beautiful, intelligent, active little girls but Kalina Shouse no longer has the man who helped make them; Erik Shouse died last year at just 40, suddenly and unexpectedly.
- PUB DATE: 9/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Kennewick police say they're investigating a "suspicious fire" in Columbia Park near the Edison Street entrance Tuesday afternoon. Police and firefighters responded to the scene before 3:40 p.m. Police say the fire is believed to have been started by a homeless camp located in thick foliage near State Route 240.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2019 4:38:20 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Four years ago, firefighter Donovan Eckhardt, 37, of Gig Harbor, succumbed to cancer. Though he lost the battle, Eckhardt,. a Renton firefigher, put together one last effort to ensure the war would be won. His firefighter friends and family raised a large amount of money to support Eckhardt through his illness, but the firefighter had other ideas.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2019 3:45:43 PM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune