First responders, dispatchers, correction officers and their families in the Tri-State are getting new tools to take care of themselves and their coworkers. The Hamilton County Fire Chief's Association is launching a program to encourage the creation of peer support teams. Colerain Township Battalion Chief Steve Conn says in 2018 members of the association recognized the need for some type of mental health program for firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WVXU Cincinnati Public Radio

A Vernon Township firefighter found himself in the middle of his own medical emergency during a call last weekend. Captain Anthony Karhoff was paged out for a carbon monoxide call Friday night. "We started to investigate the situation by looking at the CO and smoke detectors in the house and I started feeling kind of uncomfortable, sick to my stomach and nauseous," Karhoff said.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC 12 News

Police are trying to sort out the circumstances surrounding a crash involving an Exeter Township Fire Department utility vehicle and a well-drilling truck. The crash was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday on an icy stretch of Shelbourne Road, between Wingspread Drive and Rugby Road, in Exeter Township.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFMZ-TV 69 News

Area fire and police officials paid a visit to Pullman on Wednesday to sound the alarm over an “emergency staffing situation” at Whitcom Regional Dispatch Center. At an executive board meeting, leaders from Asotin County and the cities of Asotin and Clarkston told the center’s governing board they’re concerned about the shortage of dispatchers and how it could affect first responders and public safety.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

About five months following an E.coli water contamination in the Hillyard neighborhood, Spokane city leaders are planning to implement new hydrant policies. In July, people living in the area were advised to drink bottled water after a hydroseed truck hooked up to a fire hydrant, and some of the material backwashed into the hydrant, spreading E.
- PUB DATE: 12/19/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM 2 News