PHOTOS: I am betting there are many out there that would agree that there's something kinda cool about a shiny new fire engine. After all, isn't that why toy companies have been marketing toy versions of them to kids for the better part of the last hundred years?! As cool as a shiny new fire engine might be, it's even cooler when it's customized for the town it's going to serve, and even cooler still, when that customization comes at the hands of one of the fire department's very own! Meet Orono Firefighter, Dennis Bean.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WQCB-FM 106.5 Brewer

VIDEO: A newer safety feature on iPhones is creating an unexpected challenge for first responders. Crash detection technology automatically alerts 911 if you're in a crash. But it's also leading to false positives - emergency runs, with no emergency. That happened two times in two days last week in Johnson County.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTHR-TV NBC 13 Indianapolis

Clallam County Fire District’s new leadership line of Battalion Chiefs are on the job. Stef Anderson, Chris Turner and Elliott Jones from Las Vegas Fire Department now oversee 24-hour shifts and its crews at three stations. They take over duties for on-call fire chiefs and assume day-to-day operations while serving below the fire chief and assistant chief positions as the “hub of the wheel that is the fire district,” leaders report.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette

PHOTOS: No one was more impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic than first-responders, Snoqualmie Tribal Councilmember Christopher Castleberry told audience members seated in front of the Snoqualmie Casino. While most were sheltering in place, he said, members of Eastside Fire & Rescue were braving the front lines, helping the Tribe facilitate a community vaccine clinic that saved potentially thousands of lives.
- PUB DATE: 5/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record

The Seattle City Council unanimously voted in favor of extending protections to firefighters and EMTs when responding to emergencies. The legislation was proposed by councilmembers Lisa Herbold of District 1 and Andrew Lewis of District 7 following an alarming rise in on-the-scene assaults, threats and slurs made against firefighters responding to emergency calls.
- PUB DATE: 5/9/2023 9:14:40 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Tacoma