The Everett City Council is expected to approve a new contract Wednesday for privately operated ambulances. The vendor, Everett-based Northwest Ambulance, will pay the city $158,000 a year under the proposed five-year contract. The company’s revenue will come from billing patients and insurance companies for ambulance rides.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2016 4:26:55 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

The Everett City Council is expected to approve a new contract Wednesday for privately operated ambulances. The vendor, Everett-based Northwest Ambulance, will pay the city $158,000 a year under the proposed five-year contract. The company’s revenue will come from billing patients and insurance companies for ambulance rides.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2016 4:26:55 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

A firefighter was killed Monday during a search for a man who went missing on Lake Norman over the weekend. Two other divers were also injured. Officials have not said exactly what happened during the search, but confirmed that 28-year-old firefighter Bradley Long, who went into the water earlier Monday searching for a missing 29-year-old man, was killed.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTV-TV Channel 3

A former Round Rock fire chief has been named Dallas Fire-Rescue Chief, the city announced Monday. David Coatney has also served in the San Antonio Fire Department for more than 25 years. "We have an incredible group of leaders within Dallas Fire-Rescue and I'm confident that David Coatney's background of service will be a tremendous asset to the City of Dallas," Dallas City Manager A.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Fox 4 News

While others seeking to build a nationwide public-safety broadband network for FirstNet remain silent, the one publicly confirmed bidder today announced that its legal name will be Rivada Mercury and identified several key partners on its offeror team. Led by Rivada Networks, Rivada Mercury includes more than two dozen companies that will form a “first-rate” team that will be dedicated to the FirstNet project to build and maintain a nationwide public-safety broadband network in the United States, according to Rivada Networks CEO Declan Ganley.
- PUB DATE: 6/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: urgent communications