Airway Heights residents will have to vote to decide on the Future of the Spokane County Library District and the fire department services after the Airway Heights City Council adopts two ordinances for the August 1, 2023, Primary Election ballot. The first ordinance asks voters to consider annexing to the Spokane County Library District.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2023 1:48:27 AM - SOURCE: KREM TV CBS 2 Spokane

The Shawnee Fire Department has installed a new station alert system designed to wake sleeping firefighters less abruptly for nighttime callouts.

The alerting system, which cost $150,000, wakes firefighters with a red light instead of a bright one and an alarm that starts softer before increasingly getting louder, KMBC reports.

The new systems, which replace the blaring horns that awaken firefighters, are designed to place less stress on the heart when firefighters are toned out in the middle of the night.

The department also hopes the new heart-healthy alerting system will make the workplace more appealing and help it attract and retain firefighters.

Two of the four fire stations in the Clallam 2 Fire Rescue District are too old to meet current building code and housing requirements and must be torn down and replaced. But there’s a problem. The lot sizes of both the Gales Addition and the Dry Creek stations are too small to build modern facilities.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2023 12:30:39 AM - SOURCE: My Clallam County

A drone was used to spray water on a downtown Oswego building that was on fire for almost two hours Wednesday, firefighters said. At 3:11 a.m. firefighters arrived at 39 West Bridge St. to find a fire at the back of the second-story apartment building, according to a news release from the City of Oswego Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Syracuse.com

Shocking video of a crash last month on Interstate 80 in Warren County shows what happens when drivers fail to “Move Over” for emergency responders. New Jersey State Police, Allamuchy-Green First Aid Squad and the Allamuchy Fire Department responded to a crash the night of Feb. 23 on I-80 at mile 17.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lehigh Valley Live