VIDEO: First responders can now make use of a new state law meant to help with post-traumatic stress disorder. Senate Bill 24 includes PTSD as an occupational disease when diagnosed in first responders and establishes benefits under workers' compensation. The bill states there is no physical injury required for a first responder to receive benefits.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMIZ-TV ABC 17 Columbia

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A driver who plunged off a 100-foot cliff in a remote area of Southern California and spent five days "immobilized" in their wrecked pickup truck, was rescued this weekend by firefighters who formed a human pulley system to pluck the victim from the ravine, authorities said. The rescue unfolded about 10:58 a.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

A body camera captured some daunting moments in a Spokane County police officer’s life a couple of weeks ago. Deputy Brittan Morgan was out advising citizens to evacuate the quickly spreading Oregon Road Fire when he got caught in the middle of it. His body camera captured him driving on a road with flames burning on both sides of him.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKYT-TV CBS 27 Lexington

Every fire starts with a spark. How a spark gets its start may not be such an obvious fact. "What kicked it off, that’s the hard work our investigators are doing,” Washington Department of Natural Resources deputy communications director Joe Smillie said, in reference to the Oregon Road Fire burning near Elk.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

The Sourdough fire in the Ross National Recreation area has had minimal growth with the arrival of cooler temperatures and light rain. The fire remains at 6,234 acres with 25% containment. Park officials have reopened some trails, and camps including Diablo and Gorge overlooks, East Bank, and Thunder Knob trails.
- PUB DATE: 9/6/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 23 Seattle