As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread and public concern and concerns over the safety of our first responders are raised, the Washington Fire Chiefs want to provide you with the most recent information and recommendations as this unfolds.

When the women and men of the Pullman Fire Department get called, they make it their mission to make a bad day better for local community members. “All the people we interact with have their own story and it’s kind of cool that we get to become part of their story,” Pullman firefighter and paramedic Jerid Hilderbrand said.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 3:14:55 AM - SOURCE: Daily Evergreen

Developers who are looking to build new projects in Bound Brook will now have to pay for increased security measures at construction sites after a destructive Main Street fire in January that investigators have said was purposefully set. The borough committee last week unanimously passed the new ordinance, which will be added to its construction code, that will require developers to have 360-degree motion detectors and video surveillance, along with a physical security guard, on-site at all times once there are flammable materials, like wood, at the property.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NJ.com

A fire station south of Tucson that services about 5,000 residents is set to close by May unless union members and the company that owns the station come to an agreement. Nico Latini, president of the Old Pueblo Firefighters Association, the union that represents Rural Metro firefighters in Pima County, said Station 81, at 966 E.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Daily Star

A pair of southwest Ohio lawmakers want any workers compensation claims for a first responder’s post-traumatic stress disorder to be paid from the state’s unclaimed funds program. A bill submitted for introduction by Ohio Reps. George Lang, R-West Chester Twp., and Niraj Antani, R-Miamisburg, offers an alternative proposal to the first responder PTSD bill overwhelmingly supported last month by the Ohio House.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Dayton Daily News