VIDEO: Dozens of emergency medical technicians graduated Monday in Baltimore, which is in desperate need amid open positions. The fire department graduated 53 EMTs, along with three paramedics. Jade George, a graduate, said she and her classmates faced a uniquely tough situation while training during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBAL-TV NBC 11 Baltimore

Among the sound of the weights clanging and the anxious chatter of the competitors, the smell of sweat and disinfectant clung to the air. Some of Marion County’s bravest men and women lined up this weekend inside the “Everyone Goes Home” gym to test their might in its annual “Bear the Burden” weightlifting competition.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUFT-TV PBS 5 Gainesville

State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Pine Hollow Fire located in Yakima County, near the city of Yakima. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 31, 2023, at 4:00 p.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington State Patrol

A series of fires battled by the Walla Walla Fire Department and other agencies on Friday are now considered suspicious The city released more information Monday, July 31st. According to Brendan Koch of the City of Walla Walla, crews responded Friday, July 28th, to a report of a fire just south of the Jonathan M.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 4:12:16 PM - SOURCE: KONA-AM 610 Kennewick-Richland-Pasco

Two White Settlement police officers are being called heroes after they rescued a man from a burning car in the early morning hours of Saturday, July 29. Police said officers responded around 2:40 a.m. in the 1700 block of South Cherry Lane to a crash where a car struck a pole. The crash caused the car to catch fire, police said.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WFAA-TV ABC 8 Dallas