The Seattle Fire Department aims to respond to most emergency calls in eight minutes or less. With one of their main thoroughfares about to close, the Highway 99 viaduct, can they still maintain that standard? “Certainly it may take longer to respond,” said Deputy Chief Ron Mondragon. The fire department has a multi-layered plan to get first responders through the potential gridlock during the Seattle Squeeze, the three weeks starting Jan.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING 5 TV Seattle

Polk County (FL) Fire-Rescue special operations pumper. Typhoon X long cab with barrier style doors cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; eMAX 1,500-gpm pump; UPF Poly 750-gallon tank; 30-gallon foam cell.

A Stevens County volunteer firefighter is credited with saving a man's life after he lost his leg in a collision Tuesday night. The crash happened just after 6 p.m. Tuesday night, during the evening commute. It happened around the intersection of Highway 291 and Charles Road in Nine Mile Falls. "There were just very, very dangerous conditions on the road as well as the hills," said Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 8:31:23 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

A Stevens County volunteer firefighter is credited with saving a man's life after he lost his leg in a collision Tuesday night. The crash happened just after 6 p.m. Tuesday night, during the evening commute. It happened around the intersection of Highway 291 and Charles Road in Nine Mile Falls. "There were just very, very dangerous conditions on the road as well as the hills," said Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2019 8:31:23 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4