The safe drug disposal program in Indiana is expanding. Evansville Mayor Lloyd Winnecke says it’s a partnership with the Rx Abuse Leadership Initiative (RALI) Indiana and the Professional Firefighters Union of Indiana (PFFUI). The expansion will provide Indiana fire departments with an additional donation of 75,000 safe drug disposal pouches to help fire departments across the state in the fight against the opioid epidemic.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFIE-TV NBC 14 Evansville

When Amy and Brady King started experimenting with how to build durable, reusable temporary housing that would be easy to transport and assemble, they were imagining a product to assist people after natural disasters such as hurricanes and floods that usually struck far from the Northwest. But their first big customer ended up being close to home and for an ongoing, social emergency — the Northwest’s homelessness crisis.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:13:51 PM - SOURCE: GeekWire

The City of Pullman is being fined by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries for their handling of the flooding response in April. Three $900 violations have totaled up to $2,700 for the City, which decided to pay the fines rather than appeal them. According to the City of Pullman, Labor and Industries issued the first $900 penalty for a fire department commander allowing an unauthorized, untrained maintenance employee to drive a front-end loader with three firefighters in the bucket.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:08:09 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Several businesses were destroyed Monday afternoon after a three-alarm fire erupted at a retail building in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. Nearly two-thirds of Seattle's firefighting force responded to the blaze. The first units arrived just after noon as heavy smoke began pouring from the building in the 2300 block of NW Market Street.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 5:05:26 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

South King Fire and Rescue’s uniforms may look a bit different this month — but for a good reason. In support of Breast Cancer Awareness month this October, SKFR members can be found in shirts sporting pink IAFF Local 2024 and department decals. “I personally have a passion for cancer awareness, especially in the fire service,” said SKFR Lt.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2019 1:01:48 PM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror