While Kale Geiswite spends his days teaching criminal justice to high schoolers, most of his time off is dedicated to the real world of public safety — fighting fires and aiding search and rescue missions. He’s a volunteer firefighter for the New Berlin Fire Department in Pennsylvania, but recently his work has centered around a tool that might look more like a video game controller his students might use.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Government Technology

The hunt for the person or people responsible for starting fires in Spokane is on. Several fires broke out around the West Hills last week, causing some people to evacuate. Written notes were found downtown with threats to burn down Spokane right before the fires started. Almost a week later, more suspicious fires popped up in the same area.
- PUB DATE: 8/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

A home in Gig Harbor was destroyed by a fire early Wednesday morning, according to the Gig Harbor Fire Department. In the early morning hours, firefighters with the Gig Harbor Fire Department responded to the report of a fire in the “Lakes at Gig Harbor” community on 144th Street. When firefighters arrived, they found a single-wide manufactured home fully engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2023 6:36:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

The Biden administration on Wednesday launched a new information system to map emergency medical services (EMS) responses to heat-related illness across the country. The online dashboard is run by the Department of Health and Human Services in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Hill

VIDEO: A Hazelwood school is one of the first elementary schools in the country to install a color-coded security measure designed to guide first responders in times of crisis. “If, unfortunately, something were to happen, having that system, people will know where to go quickly,” said Hazelwood Assistant Superintendent Christopher Norman.
- PUB DATE: 8/9/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KMOV-TV CBS 4 St. Louis