An $18,000 grant from State Farm was awarded to Spokane Valley Fire Department to help fund their Enhanced Safety Visit Program. The goals of the program are to: Reduce the rate of fire fatalities; Increase the number of working smoke and CO alarms installed in at-risk homes; Improve the fire safety of residents and firefighters; Reduce the rate of falls in our older adult and disabled populations.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

Repairs on Interstate 95 are expected to take "months" after an elevated section collapsed in Philadelphia on Sunday morning when a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire beneath the overpass, officials said. "With regards to the complete rebuild of I-95 roadway, we expect it to take some number of months," Pennsylvania Gov.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

When Greg Rhinehart, a 37-year-old firefighter/paramedic at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, woke up at 5:30 the morning of Jan. 7, he found he couldn't speak. Not a word. Rhinehart, who was sleeping on base because he was on duty, was the victim of a stroke. But even as a paramedic, he said it took a while to put together the symptoms he was experiencing.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Seacoast Online - Metered Site

VIDEO: A new 20-minute video has been released by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board involving the 2018 Husky refinery explosion and fire in Superior. The goal of the board is to “drive chemical safety change through independent investigations to protect people and the environment.” The 2018 incident injured 36 workers, caused roughly $550 million in damage to the facility and released 39,000 pounds of flammable hydrocarbon vapor into the air.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KQDS-TV FOX 21 Duluth

As the 2023 hurricane season officially begins, state legislatures have so far kept pace with related legislative activity of prior years. Disaster resilience bills enacted so far reflect a range of topics both similar to and divergent from 2021-22 trends. These results, and the methodology behind them, can be found in a December report on the 2022 legislative session from Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness.
- PUB DATE: 6/12/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Climate School