In 2014, the Spokane Fire Department, along with almost every other fire department in Spokane County, joined the PulsePoint app that gives information about each call they are dispatched to and summons aid from CPR certified citizens in the event someone has a heart attack. Earlier this month, Spokane Fire was honored with the 2019 PulsePoint Agency of the Year award, bringing representatives from the California-based nonprofit to Spokane to deliver the award in person.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review

About 100 people inside Northgate Mall were exposed to pepper spray and had to be brought outside because of coughing and eye irritation Wednesday morning. The Seattle Fire Department responded about 10:30 a.m. to the mall where scores of people were standing outside and complaining about eye irritation and coughing.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Jefferson City (MO) Fire Department 101-foot Cobra platform quint. Commander 6508 cab and chassis; Cummins ISX15 600-hp engine; Waterous S100 1,750-gpm pump.

A heat lamp ignited a fire early Tuesday morning, killing chicks and destroying a barn in Greenbank, according to Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue Chief Ed Hartin. Hartin did not know how many chicks had been in the barn at the time of the fire. The homeowners awoke around 2:40 a.m. and saw flickering in their window, he said.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2019 1:50:25 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record

San Juan Island Fire and Rescue crews responded to an early morning residential fire in the area of White Point area on San Juan Island on June 11. The blaze was contained in a two-story residential structure that started around 2:15 a.m. The residents were able to quickly evacuate the home and call 911.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2019 1:44:16 AM - SOURCE: Journal of the San Juans