Firefighters rescued a man after he was pinned in a ditch by a mini excavator he was operating in the backyard of a South Hill house on Saturday. The man, who has not been identified, was digging a 4-feet deep ditch for a new sewer system at about 2:30 p.m. at 1416 W. 7th Ave., according to Spokane Fire Department Battalion Chief Darin Neiwert.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2019 4:30:35 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The Chehalis City Council will consider Monday an update to the interlocal agreement between the city and Lewis County Fire District 6 accounting for the now indefinite housing of the Chehalis Fire Department by Fire District 6 at its facility on Jackson Highway. Chehalis firefighters evacuated their building at 455 NW Park St.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2019 8:24:36 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Safety Components, Inc. (SCI), the world leader in technology driven fabric solutions for high performance, flame resistant fabrics, is pleased to announce the addition of Marta Doménech Catarina to its Protective Fabrics team. Marta comes to Safety Components from Alfredo Grassi, S.p.A. where she was the Technical & Commercial Manager for Spain. During Marta’s 20+ years of textile experience, she has amassed a broad range of experience in sales, marketing, and customer service as well as distribution and product development. Marta studied at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia, in Terrassa, Spain, with a concentration in Textile Engineering.

As the European Sales Director, Marta will be responsible for supporting garment manufacturers, distributors and end use customers in the expansion of SCI protective fabrics for use in industry leading firefighting, wildland, rescue, and industrial garments.

Joey Underwood, Senior Vice President, Safety Components, expressed, “Marta displays an incredible passion for understanding and meeting customer needs in terms of support, sales and delivery requirements. Her track record of success within the industry, along with her professionalism and ability to put her customers first, has earned tremendous respect from those customers, her partners and peers alike."

Commenting on this new chapter of her career, Marta stated, “I am thrilled about the new responsibilities and challenges that lie ahead. This position will allow me to work closely with international manufacturers and distributors while also working with local fire brigades and industrial customers to assist them in maintaining the highest levels in personal protection. I am confident that our team and our technological expertise, along with the Safety Components portfolio of innovative high performance, FR fabrics, Safety Components will continue to grow its global position in protective fabrics for years to come.”

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During the past 20 years Safety Components has led the fire service by developing more outer shell and thermal liner fabric innovations than any other textile company in the world. Safety Components’ outer shells contain a patented, durable, water repellent finish that offers safer, lighter, and dryer gear. These same outer shell fabrics also contain solution dyed fibers for the highest resistance to fading after thermal exposure.

Safety Components, Inc. (SCI) is the market leader in technology driven fabric solutions for high performance textiles. The main focus of SCI is to design and manufacture textiles for markets including: first responders (fire service, USAR & EMS), military, outdoor fabrics, aerospace escape slides, fuel cells, and automotive air bag fabrics. An Elevate Textiles company, SCI has been manufacturing textile fabrics for over 100 years in Greenville, South Carolina, USA.

More: http://www.safetycomponents.com/

Since 1985, the first week of May has been nationally recognized as Public Service Recognition Week. It’s a week dedicated to honoring and celebrating the hard work of our nation’s public servants, including first responders.

Inspired by this week of recognition, which runs from May 5 –11 this year, Cooper Tires and the Gary Sinise Foundation (GSF) have teamed up to honor first responder sand give back to them with donations of new tires for their emergency vehicles. Cooper® and GSF are proud to recognize these brave men and women who demonstrate reliability during the toughest conditions

.First responders rely on a multitude of equipment to serve our communities and do their jobs, and with so many fire stations in the United States being volunteer stations, a donation of new, reliable tires that they can count on will help them meet the needs of their communities and stay safe while doing so.

Cooper® and GSF have selected three fire stations in need and are donating tires for one or two emergency vehicles per station, approximately 30 tires total.

The stations receiving the tires are as follows:

1. DeWitt Volunteer Fire Department in DeWitt, Nebraska

2. Russellville/Lohman Fire Department in Russellville, Missouri

3. Smith Mills Fire Department in Henderson, Kentucky

For more information on Cooper, visit www.coopertire.com, www.facebook.com/coopertire, or www.twitter.com/coopertire.

The Ready Rack Two Gear is manufactured with the highest quality materials, and is designed for ease of use and long-lasting durability. The overall design offers wide flexibility to both warm and dry a wide variety of items in the such as firefighting turnout gear, with a focus on the need to be able to dry items that cannot be dried using a traditional action tumble dryer. The cabinets are designed for many years of service with easy access to all major components for easy removal and installation of replacement parts, should the unit need to be repaired.

The unit features a simple-to-use touch-sensitive electronic control panel, which is located above the door. The control panel displays and controls temperature and run times. There are a total of five factory preset temperatures which can be selected. The control panel also displays the run time remaining when the unit is in operation.

A simple touch of the temperature pad on the control panel allows a total five preset drying temperature settings with associated LED light indicators. The five different drying settings are: Air Only (No Heat), Low (105°F), Medium (120°F), Normal (130°F) and High (150°F).

A simple touch of the HOUR and MIN pads on the control panel allows users to select the run time in 15 minute increments, with a maximum run time setting of 10 hours.

The unit requires a 120-V power source, using a single-phase 15-A breaker. They are shipped with a standard 12-foot long/three-prong electrical plug that can be plugged into a standard electrical outlet. The power cord is at the bottom center of the black panel and is 12 feet long.

One 1,200-W 120-V heating element delivers heat to the cabinet’s interior. The heating unit’s access and temperature of 150°F, with 70°F ambient room air temperature. The heating element is mounted to the heater using 20-guage cold rolled steel mounting brackets. The heater’s air outlet, also constructed of 20-guage steel, evenly distributes heated air throughout the interior of the cabinet.

The blower motor is bolted to the top frame under the unit’s top cover. An axel fan is utilized to blow an approximate mixture of 50 percent fresh/50 percent recirculated air across the heating element.

Ventilation is at the user’s discretion. However, the unit has a 4-inch diameter opening on the top of the cabinet, if ducted ventilation is desired by the user.

There is a 7.5- x 2-inch opening on the top of the cabinet, located 1¾”-3¾” from right sidewall and centered from the front to the back of the unit.

Model FDC2 has a white powder coat finish steel cabinet and door.

• Exterior Dimensions: 24.5” x 23.5” x 67.5”
• Weight: 165 lbs.
• Shipping Weight: 230 lbs.
• Shipping Size: 48” x 40” x 74”
• Electric connection: 120V 15 Amp Breaker. 
• Electric Heating: 2.8 kw Interior Capacity: 17.5 Cubic Ft.
• Total Shelf Area: 2 Shelves x 2.5 Sq. Ft. ea. = 7.5 Sq. Ft. Total

For more information, visit www.readyrack.com.