You rely on their rapid "first response" to an emergency medical call to 9-1-1. You rely on their training, knowledge, and experience in first aid and ability to stabilize a patient -- possibly a love one -- to rush them to a hospital for more precise care. But how much do paramedics make? Paramedics' salaries vary depending on their state, their training, employer, and a host of other factors.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Street Inc.

Even though Boston’s Cocoanut Grove fire happened long before she was born, Michele Shapiro learned all about the disaster when she was a girl. Her grandfather, Frank Shapiro, was at a nearby theater with his wife the night of Nov. 28, 1942, when a blaze tore through the swanky Cocoanut Grove nightclub, killing 492 people.
- PUB DATE: 11/27/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: U.S. News & World Report

PHOTOS: Around 6:30 a.m. this morning, crews with Valley Regional Fire Authority and Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority responded to reports of a house fire in the 11400 block of SE 286TH ST in Auburn. The first engine arrived to find smoke and fire showing from a single story structure. After determining everyone was out of the house, crews began an aggressive effort to save the house and extinguish the fire.
- PUB DATE: 11/26/2019 6:38:33 PM - SOURCE: News Maven

Fire officials say another 1,000 tons of hay was lost to fire Tuesday morning south of Ephrata. Grant County Fire Marshal Bruce Gribble says fire crews were summoned to the area of Rd E NW near Rd 5 NW about one mile west of Dodson Rd. Gribble could confirm that the fire was intentionally set by a “handheld device” but the person responsible is still a mystery.
- PUB DATE: 11/26/2019 1:35:52 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

A dangerous chemical, an overwhelming number of patients, and a power outage complicating the whole situation. No, you didn’t miss a massive news story — this was the scenario St. Elizabeth Hospital constructed to test its emergency preparedness. It’s a bi-annual requirement for CHI Franciscan hospitals to test themselves in various disaster or emergency situations, said Kyle Jacobson, an emergency management specialist with the health care system and an Enumclaw City Councilman.
- PUB DATE: 11/26/2019 1:03:22 PM - SOURCE: Enumclaw Courier Herald