In a first for Major League Baseball, the Chicago Cubs have taken an important step to keep fans, staff, and players safe in case a bleeding emergency occurs by installing trauma kits at Wrigley Field. Details about this initiative will be shared this evening at the Wrigley Field Advisory Meeting at 6 p.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Chicago

Crews with the Tacoma Fire Department (TFD) responded to two fires in the city early Wednesday morning. One of the fires is located near the Tacoma Dome Station. Sound Transit said the emergency response is creating service delays on the T Line during the morning commute. The first fire crews responded to was a vacant building near the intersection of East 25th Street and East D Street around 1 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

The Tacoma Fire Department has responded to 101 encampment-related fires so far in 2023. Fire officials said this is similar to what they saw with last year's trend. Firefighters responded to an encampment fire near the on-ramp onto I-5 from 26th Street Tuesday morning before 6:30 am. No one was injured.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

First came the voter-approved merger of Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue into East Jefferson Fire Rescue that went into effect Jan. 1. The next step will be approving new commissioner districts in the merged Jefferson County Fire District No. 1 and following a process that will whittle the number of commissioners from 10 (five each from the two districts) to five.
- PUB DATE: 3/8/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News - Metered Site

A semi-truck caught fire after a wrong-way collision on I-5 near Joint Base Lewis-McChord's main gate on Tuesday afternoon. Backups were at least 6-miles each direction at rush hour. Troopers said a wrong-way vehicle collided with a semi, but there were no serious injuries. Backups were as long as 6-miles each direction Tuesday afternoon at rush hour.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2023 9:30:56 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Tacoma