Posted: Dec 12, 2018
Last-minute changes to the city of Yakima’s 2019 budget left the city with nearly $200,000 to put into its depleted general fund reserve, but it came at a price.
After going back and forth for months on whether the Yakima Fire Department’s public education captain position would be eliminated, the Yakima City Council’s final decision Tuesday was to make the cut and put the $160,000 in savings toward the reserve.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 11:39:51 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic
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Posted: Dec 11, 2018
Fire districts across the Tri-Cities rely on volunteers. It allows districts to save money and still provide top-notch care to the community
Volunteers are always needed, but you don't have to become a firefighter in order to volunteer. "I'm not a firefighter. I have no firefighter background," said Bill Leach, volunteer for Benton County Fire District #4.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 6:34:39 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews
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Posted: Dec 11, 2018
Many remember when two Boise Police officers were injured during a shooting on the Boise Bench about two years ago. Ada County Paramedics TacMed team were dispatched as well as swat to tend to the officers, but SWAT's armored vehicle is not equipped to transport patients who need traumatic life support.
Ada County Paramedics' tactical medical team has unveiled an armored ambulance to be dispatched for situations like the Boise Bench shooting.
The TacMed team leader says previously there wasn't a seamless way to respond to hazards like that. He says swat's armored vehicle is not equipped to transport patients who need advanced life support and it wasn't always readily available.
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Posted: Dec 11, 2018
Hundreds of unionized emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in Seattle have set a deadline of Dec. 21 to go on strike, calling into question how the city plans to respond to people in medical crisis if they walk off the job.
City officials say they are working on a plan, but won’t say what it is until a strike is called.
- PUB DATE: 12/11/2018 6:07:43 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times
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Posted: Dec 11, 2018
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The city of Belpre is taking another step to reduce their carbon footprint. City Council approved the addition of solar panels atop Fire Station One. The city will enter into a contract with Pickering Associates for the design, installation and periodic maintenance for the array Belpre Mayor Mike Lorentz said the projections are to offset the energy needs of the station and to return a bit more to the grid.
Belpre Mayor Mike Lorentz said the projections are to offset the energy needs of the station and to return a bit more to the grid.
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"It will be a savings to us by about 10 percent," Lorentz said. "And yes they will actually generate enough to have them sell some back to the grid, to AEP."
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