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Posted: Jun 17, 2018

Helicopter crashes after hitting power lines in Orondo

Fire crews from Orondo and Chelan, along with Douglas County Sheriff's deputies responded to a helicopter crash in the area of Cascade Foothills in Orondo, about four miles south of Beebe Bridge. When crews arrived they found a helicopter in the orchard sitting upright. The helicopter had heavy damage to the tail section and burn damage through the shell of the aircraft from impact with the high-tension electrical power lines.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2018 12:53:36 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6
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Posted: Jun 17, 2018

College Place considers taking on own ambulance services

City and fire department officials are considering whether to start providing basic life support ambulance transports. College Place is the biggest user of the Walla Walla Fire Department’s ambulance services outside of Walla Walla, with about 900 ambulance runs a year to College Place, and it costs the Walla Walla Fire Department $70,344, Chief Bob Yancey said.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2018 11:05:59 AM - SOURCE: Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
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Posted: Jun 16, 2018

Neighbors report Spokane house fire while police respond to domestic violence call

At approximately 4:40 p.m. on Saturday, the Spokane Fire Department, Spokane Police Department and Spokane County Fire District 9 were dispatched to a structure fire in the 7700 block on N. Maple St. on the 5 Mile Prairie. Members of the Spokane Police Department arrived on scene first and reported that the structure was on fire and had been evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2018 6:11:26 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6
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Posted: Jun 16, 2018

Will historic landmark have to make way for badly needed Tacoma fire station?

Across the street from where Puget Sound Energy's planned liquified natural gas plant is under construction stands a 90-year-old fire station surrounded by overgrown grass. It's styled like a low-slung, one-story bungalow, notable for its Hispanic-inspired architecture. For about a decade it's sat quietly, used only for storage.
- PUB DATE: 6/16/2018 1:47:15 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune - Metered Site
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Lfr Adds New Ambulance To Fleet To Combat Lagging Response Times
Lfr Adds New Ambulance To Fleet To Combat Lagging Response Times
Posted: Jun 15, 2018

Lfr Adds New Ambulance To Fleet To Combat Lagging Response Times

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Lincoln Fire and Rescue aims to respond to emergency calls in eight minutes or less, but firefighters say that doesn't always happen. According to the department's annual reports, in 2016, it was happening 87.5% of the time, but that number dropped to 82% in 2017.

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In order to improve response times, LFR has added a 7th ambulance to its fleet. Medic Unit 1, previously a reserve unit, has been upgraded to a full-time "front line" ambulance.

Currently, on average, the front line units answer an average of nearly 3,600 calls a year.

"Medic 8 answered 4,034 last year," Trouba said. "These units are busy. That's over 10 calls a day. And when you take into account each call takes at least an hour, sometimes two or three, and there's paperwork that has to be filled out for each call too. It takes a toll on our guys."

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