Hazardous materials units have been called to two courthouses in the Puget Sound area - one in Tacoma; the other in Redmond. In Redmond, the District Court building was briefly evacuated after a letter came in with a threat, said Ryan Abbott with the King County Sheriff's Office. The letter was found not to be a threat, and everyone was allowed back inside about 11:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2018 5:01:51 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A car crashed in Spanaway on Sunday and caught fire, sending several bystanders in a mad dash to pull the driver out. The driver, who has not been identified, is listed in critical condition. The crash took place just after 5 p.m. at 46th Avenue East and 208th Street East. Officials have not said what caused the driver to lose control.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2018 2:03:49 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune - Metered Site

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected next month to roll back chemical plant safety reforms that the Obama administration proposed after 15 people died in a fertilizer plant explosion in West. The rollback means the disaster, which exposed wide safety gaps in the industry and its oversight, will result in no significant federal regulatory changes, as the Austin American-Statesman reports.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MySanAntonio.com

A firefighter became trapped inside of a burning apartment building Friday after the roof collapsed. According to a Facebook post, the Otsego County Fire Department was battling an apartment blaze when an evacuation was ordered just before the roof collapsed. “Two of three firefighters cleared the front of the structure immediately prior to the collapse,” the department said.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireRescue1

The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) supports the use of mobile technology for citizen response in conjunction with community cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillator (AED) programs. In a Position Statement adopted May 9, the IAFC Board of Directors cited the PulsePoint mobile phone application (app) as a unique solution to increase survival from sudden cardiac arrest by bridging the gap between a cardiac arrest event and arrival of medical assistance.
- PUB DATE: 5/22/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs