Posted: Mar 4, 2019
First, there's anxiety over the cancer diagnosis.
Then, there's anxiety over how to pay for the treatment.
Ryker Haselden, 49, called his prostate cancer diagnosis in 2017 a "gut-punch."
He's been a firefighter in Mississippi for about two decades.
Haselden has two children, one of whom is developmentally disabled, so his wife is a full-time mother.
- PUB DATE: 3/4/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jackson Clarion-Ledger
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Posted: Mar 3, 2019
VIDEO: In just one week, thousands of firefighters from across the world will climb the Columbia Tower in Seattle for a great cause. But on Sunday, firefighters from Spokane County Fire District 9 settled for a StairMaster at the Fred Meyer off North Division instead.
The stairclimb team -- made up of 16 firefighters -- asked for donations for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society while switching off on the stair climber.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2019 6:40:02 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4
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Posted: Mar 3, 2019
One woman and a firefighter had to be treated for minor injuries after a house fire Saturday night.
At about 7:00 p.m., crews responded to the 4000 block of N Pittsburg St. after reports of heavy black smoke coming from a home, according to the Spokane Fire Department.
Crews found heavy smoke coming from the front door and significant fire throughout the first floor of the home.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2019 2:19:36 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane
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Posted: Mar 3, 2019
Not long ago, had you asked Lou Franchino, a Spokane firefighter for 23 years, if he would ever return to work, he would have said no.
He was experiencing extended bouts of insomnia. While awake, he described a near-constant state of anxiety. Traumatic calls flashed through his head at a breakneck pace: People who shot themselves in front of their family members, people who died in fires, from sudden infant death syndrome or a heart attack at a family dinner.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2019 5:12:40 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Posted: Mar 2, 2019
Spokane County Fire District 10 (SCFD10) officially kicked off new efforts to recruit volunteer firefighters this month with the hiring of its first-ever division chief of recruitment and retention, largely paid for by a highly competitive Federal Emergency Management Agency grant.
The four-year grant awarded in September 2018 funds two-thirds of the new position, which will focus on building up the pool of volunteer members for SCFD10.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2019 6:09:55 PM - SOURCE: Cheney Free Press
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