A Benton County Fire District #1 volunteer firefighter, along with his wife and 5 children, are now without a home after most of it was ruined by a fire. A GoFundMe created for the family states that while on vacation, the Fryer family learned there was a fire in their home Tuesday morning that caused extensive smoke and heat damage.
- PUB DATE: 12/20/2019 7:50:37 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

There was a shortage of 'dad' gifts at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital's Santa Store Friday and the community stepped up to stock it. Sacred Heart reached out to 4 News Now, and we reached out to our viewers. It was the Spokane Firefighters that came to the rescue, again. The Santa Store is for pediatric patients to shop, at no cost, for a gift for their family members.
- PUB DATE: 12/20/2019 1:02:52 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

A detached garage near Moses Lake was destroyed by fire Thursday afternoon. Grant County Fire District 5 responded to the structure fire about 3:30 p.m. in the 4400 block of Circle Place Northeast, just off Airway Drive, and arrived to a 40-foot by 40-foot garage ablaze, according to Fire District 5 Capt.
- PUB DATE: 12/20/2019 10:41:46 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

A Local Law introduced by Chairman Dan J. Reynolds and the Majority Legislators that shields and protects First Responders has been approved by the Broome County Legislature. At the Regular Legislative Session held on Thursday, December 19th, the Legislature approved the Emergency First Responders Protection Act of 2019.
- PUB DATE: 12/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WICZ-TV FOX 40 Binghamton

The Cambria County Board of Commissioners on Thursday voted unanimously to approve a $16.9 million contract for upgrades to the county’s public safety radio system, a move designed to improve emergency responders’ ability to reliably communicate with each other and with 911 dispatchers. Robbin Melnyk, Cambria County’s 911 coordinator, said during Thursday’s meeting of the Board of Commissioners that the “questionable” reliability of the county’s existing public radio system “is a safety risk to our responders.
- PUB DATE: 12/20/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Johnstown Tribune-Democrat