Washington, D.C., joined other area jurisdictions in using a potentially life-saving app that alerts people who know CPR to the location of people suffering heart attacks. People who have the PulsePoint app on their phones are alerted to 911 calls for cardiac arrest within a quarter mile of their location when they are in a city or county that uses the app.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Washington

On Saturday, the people coming up to Jeffersonville's firefighters at the Save the Fieldhouse Craft Bazaar weren't grimly bringing up the opioid crisis or devastating fires. Instead, they were smiling and laughing with the city employees. The cause of their joy, said fire Sgt. Justin Ames, was a lighthearted prank war between Jeffersonville's fire and police departments that started the Tuesday before and soon became a local sensation.
- PUB DATE: 10/31/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Jeffersonville Evening News & New Albany Tribune

Avila (IN) Fire Department pumper. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump.

Avila (IN) Fire Department pumper. Monarch cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank; Waterous CSU 1,500-gpm pump.

A Yakima County Fire District that serves the lower valley is getting a safety upgrade. Fire District 5 will start using a new Self Contained Breathing Apparatus in November to help firefighters safely breathe in the midst of smoke and heat of fires. The district was able to upgrade equipment that was soon to become obsolete, with grant money that was awarded to them by FEMA Assistance to Firefighters, according to a news release.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2017 3:41:36 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima