The City of Seattle and the Seattle Fire Department have completed a major purchase using the NPPGov / FireRescue GPO MES contract. This expensive and mission critical life safety equipment procurement was due to a department-wide upgrade to the type of breathing apparatus their firefighters use to meet the current NFPA 1981 Standards.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Right Now KNDU

There’s a revolution taking place in emergency medical services, and for many, it could be life changing. From the increasingly sophisticated equipment they carry and the new lifesaving techniques they use, to the changing roles they play in some communities—providing preventive care and monitoring patients at home—ambulance crews today are hardly recognizable from their origins as “horizontal taxicabs.
- PUB DATE: 9/30/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wall Street Journal - Metered Site

Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) Fire & Rescue Services technical rescue. Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Command Light CL615A –HQ light tower; Onan 32-kW generator; 26-foot walk-around rescue body.

A recyclable truck driver for Waste Management was forced to ditch a load of cardboard after it caught fire inside the truck Wednesday. The dramatic video was taken in a gravel lot at Kenworth Sales. According to Waste Management, the truck driver was collecting cardboard in the Spokane Valley area when he noticed a fire in the rear of his truck.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2016 7:40:51 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane