The Washington State Chapter of APCO (Association of Public Safety Communication Officials) and NENA (National Emergency Number Association) has named the Klickitat County communications officers as the recipient of the “2017 Team of the Year Award” for Washington State. This award recognizes the emergency communication team that handled an unforeseen or unusually challenging situation causing each nominee to handle additional responsibilities in addition to their regularly assigned duties.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 1:00:24 PM - SOURCE: White Salmon Enterprise

Eighty-five percent of all fire departments are staffed by volunteer firefighters who are ready at a moment’s notice to respond to emergencies and save lives. To thank these heroes, The Leary Firefighters Foundation and Spotted Dog Technologies, developer of the Rover Mobile Platform, have teamed up to award three $5,000 grants to volunteer fire departments to license mobile response technology.

To qualify for the grant, volunteer fire department will need to be nominated by firefighters and members of their community on the www.SpotAHero.com website. The five departments with the most votes will be vetted by the Leary Firefighters Foundation, who will then award three departments a grant of $5,000 each.

Nominations are being accepted from September 17 until midnight EST on October 27. 

About the Leary Firefighters Foundation

The Leary Firefighters Foundation was established in 2000 by actor Denis Leary in response to a tragic fire in Worcester, Mass., that claimed the lives of Leary’s cousin, a childhood friend, and four other firefighters. The Foundation has raised over $10 million for first responders across the country. For more information, visit https://www.learyfirefighters.org

About Spotted Dog Technologies

Spotted Dog Technologies is a leading provider of emergency response solutions that transform the way public safety and first response organizations manage and mobilize resources. The company’s cloud-based Rover platform facilitates communication between dispatchers and first responders to decrease incident response time and improve outcomes. The company’s digital solutions are used by over 25,000 first responders throughout the U.S., Canada and Australia. For more information, visit https://www.spotteddogtech.com

 

A successful pilot program last year has prompted the Spokane Valley Fire Department to permanently add an Alternative Response Unit to the department to respond to minor medical calls. A similar program is also in use by the Spokane Fire Department. The two-man crew on Medic 7 responds to lower priority calls that do not require a full crew or firefighting equipment, such as minor illnesses or falls.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 8:51:15 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

Two firefighters were taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries early Thursday morning after battling a house fire that quickly spread to other buildings. The fire happened near the intersection of Ruby and Sinto. Arriving crews found a house engulfed in flames and the fire spread to another house and a garage.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 6:41:52 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

The Washington State Department of Health is actively investigating nine members of the Bellingham Fire Department for their roles in the July 31 incident at Station 1 in which an intubation procedure was attempted on the body of a recently deceased patient. Health Department spokesperson Sharon Moysiuk said Wednesday in an email to The Bellingham Herald that the department “has nine active investigations concerning the fire/EMS intubation incident.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2018 5:56:17 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald