Spokane’s Sacred Heart Hospital trained Wednesday for potential infectious disease threats in a full-scale emergency simulation. A new ward at the hospital is ready to handle patients with highly infectious diseases. It’s just one of ten hospitals in the country chosen as a regional treatment center.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

A false alert about a 'radiological hazard' in Washington state went out to some television viewers in Jefferson County Thursday night. The Jefferson County Emergency Operations Center said the false alarm was distributed to an unknown number of Wave cable customers and may be the work of hackers who accessed Wave's cable system.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A fire tore through a home in Vancouver Friday morning, causing major damage and killing five pets. At around 8:38 a.m., firefighters with Vancouver Fire and Clark County Fire District responded to a fire at a home in the 500 block of Northeast 127th Street. Officials said an off-duty firefighter lives in the area and was the first to call in the fire.
- PUB DATE: 2/21/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV-TV FOX 12 Beaverton

Emergency services in Washington state have started to prepare an emergency response plan after a mudslide blocked a private access road residents rely on to get to town. Snohomish County sheriff's officials have scouted a horse farm as a potential helicopter landing zone for emergency air evacuation east of Monroe, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of Seattle, the Everett Herald reported Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2020 5:03:55 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News - Metered Site

Climate change threatens the productivity of Washington’s farms, forests and communities, but there are steps that can be taken to minimize those threats and create new opportunities in making the state more resilient, according to a new report released by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
- PUB DATE: 2/20/2020 11:57:51 AM - SOURCE: Department of Natural Resources