Posted: Jan 3, 2019
For the second time in less than a week, the Spokane Valley Fire Department has announced the death of a former fire captain, and again, work-related exposure to toxins is suspected as the cause.
On Friday, the department announced that former Capt. Tim Cruger, 67, died of cancer caused from exposure to smoke while on the job.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 2:46:56 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Posted: Jan 3, 2019
For the second time in less than a week, the Spokane Valley Fire Department has announced the death of a former fire captain, and again, work-related exposure to toxins is suspected as the cause.
On Friday, the department announced that former Capt. Tim Cruger, 67, died of cancer caused from exposure to smoke while on the job.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 2:46:56 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review
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Posted: Jan 3, 2019
Robert K “Bob” Johnson, former chief of the Auburn Fire Department and sometime Santa for legions of kids, died on Dec. 28 in hospice care in northern Idaho. He was 81.
According to a message posted by his family on social media, Johnson had suffered from Parkinson’s disease and ankylosing spondylitis.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 1:44:27 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter
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Posted: Jan 3, 2019
Robert K “Bob” Johnson, former chief of the Auburn Fire Department and sometime Santa for legions of kids, died on Dec. 28 in hospice care in northern Idaho. He was 81.
According to a message posted by his family on social media, Johnson had suffered from Parkinson’s disease and ankylosing spondylitis.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 1:44:27 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter
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Posted: Jan 3, 2019
Jan Rader, the first female fire chief in West Virginia, is making a big impact on Huntington's fight against the opioid epidemic. In her Ted Talk released Wednesday, Rader said Huntington's overdose deaths are down 50 percent.
"This epidemic is far from over, but each and every one of us has a part to play in this epidemic.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News This Morning
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