VIDEO: As ice rescues become more common across the Front Range, emergency departments are turning to a second set of eyes in an effort to save people faster. North Metro Fire has been using drones for about a year, but this week, they added a new feature: infrared technology. "What we're looking for is holes in the ice.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

When Ron Swanson started in 1967 as a volunteer firefighter with the former Whatcom County Fire District 2, the Geneva fire hall was a garage that held two aging pumpers and a loft where the guys would meet. Homes didn’t have smoke alarms, only a handful of Americans knew CPR, and defibrillators to shock a dying heart weren’t portable and easy to use.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

It was nearly a year ago when twins Chloe and Emma were rescued from a raging apartment fire in Everett. The twins are now 4 years old. “Just watching them grow bigger is amazing every day,” said mother Sihaya Sweum. It was Jan. 29, 2018, when fire consumed their first-floor apartment. The girls were trapped inside.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO 7 Seattle

Dearborn (MI) Fire Department aerial platform quint. Monarch heavy duty 73-inch cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump.

Two people were seriously injured in a Tacoma house fire Saturday morning. Firefighters were dispatched at 10:09 a.m. to the fire in the 1000 block of East 49th Street. There, they pulled two adults from the burning two-story home. The two victims had smoke inhalation and burn injuries and were transported to a local hospital, said Tacoma Fire battalion chief Chris Brink.
- PUB DATE: 1/27/2019 1:53:52 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune