For the state’s Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz, the smoky air that continues to choke the Inland Northwest each summer is a sign that Washington will have to battle wildfires independently in the future. “We tried to find additional air support outside,” Franz said in an interview this week, after a 2018 wildfire season that resulted in more than 1,850 blazes in Washington, the most in the state’s history.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2019 6:18:17 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

For the state’s Public Lands Commissioner Hilary Franz, the smoky air that continues to choke the Inland Northwest each summer is a sign that Washington will have to battle wildfires independently in the future. “We tried to find additional air support outside,” Franz said in an interview this week, after a 2018 wildfire season that resulted in more than 1,850 blazes in Washington, the most in the state’s history.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2019 6:18:17 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

The Pasco Fire Department is partnering with the Pasco School District to teach school nurses how to use trauma kits. The department's paramedics and staff will hold a special training event to show how the "Stop the Bleed" kits can save a life. The Department of Homeland Security's Stop the Bleed initiative turns bystanders into rescuers by giving them the training and tools they need to save lives.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2019 3:51:18 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The Pasco Fire Department is partnering with the Pasco School District to teach school nurses how to use trauma kits. The department's paramedics and staff will hold a special training event to show how the "Stop the Bleed" kits can save a life. The Department of Homeland Security's Stop the Bleed initiative turns bystanders into rescuers by giving them the training and tools they need to save lives.
- PUB DATE: 1/13/2019 3:51:18 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The Snoqualmie Tribe donated 200 automated external defibrillator (AED) units to local safety and government organizations. Members of the tribe presented several AED devices to Eastside Fire and Rescue and to City of North Bend at North Bend Station 87 at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 3. The tribe donated the devices after Councilmember Richard Zambrano heard on the radio that the previous King County Sheriff was asking for donations for their department to purchase AED units for the officers.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2019 3:21:29 PM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record