Lacey firefighters will soon be sporting some new gear, thanks to a $21,600 grant from the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation. The grant will be used to purchase new bunker gear, the protective clothing firefighters wear when entering burning buildings, according to Lacey Fire District 3. Bunker gear is replaced at least every 10 years, or following damage and wear and tear.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2017 10:47:45 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

A 48-year-old Tacoma man is fighting for his life after his car was hit head-on by another driver who was speeding to work, Kent police said. The collision happened on Kent's West Valley Highway near 216th Street just before 4 a.m., officials said. Police say the causing driver, a 20-year-old Covington man, was speeding at over 100 mph because he was running late to work.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2017 8:16:18 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Emergency medical responders are being attacked in Baltimore more frequently than in the past and should be equipped with protective vests, Rick Hoffman, president of the local firefighters' and EMS workers union, said Wednesday. "Obviously everyone knows we are in a very dangerous city now, and the way our EMS system works, [city residents] dial 911 and we're there in normally minutes, which means we beat the police there a lot," Hoffman said.
- PUB DATE: 4/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun