It took firefighters just under 10 minutes to extinguish a fire at a Spokane Valley home early Friday morning. Firefighters are still investigating what caused the house fire near E. Upriver Drive and N. Argonne Road. When fire crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and flames coming from the front door and living room window.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 8:32:15 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Two city EMS veterans were in critical condition Thursday after a bizarre episode where one suffered a stroke behind the wheel — and the other an aortic aneurysm while headed to assist his colleague, authorities said. The double dose of tragedy began when Liam Glinane, a 28-year FDNY veteran, was stricken while driving around 1 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

VIDEO: One year ago, a man shot himself after setting a fire that destroyed several homes in Springfield, and today the first responders are looking back. “We started getting ready to fight fire. As we were pulling up on scene, glass exploded through the cab and something hard hit me in the left chest," said Captain Craig Degarlais with Eugene Springfield Fire.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEZI-TV ABC 9

The Burlington Rescue Squad will dissolve at the end of the year due to difficulties keeping up with increased call volume and a decline in volunteerism, Mayor Jeannie Hefty has announced. The dissolution will leave the City of Burlington Fire Department to pick up rescue services for city residents.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times

As an emergency medicine resident at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Zachary Wettstein, MD, has seen the effects of wildfires firsthand. On days when it’s really smoky, he says, “I’m not surprised that I’m seeing more people with shortness of breath.” Densely smoky days certainly are growing as wildfire season worsens, experts say, spurred in part by such environmental changes as earlier snowmelts that can cause drier, hotter conditions.
- PUB DATE: 10/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: AAMCNews