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Posted: Apr 9, 2016

Authorities: Fire at Vancouver LDS church intentionally set

Authorities say they believe a fire at a church in Vancouver was intentionally set. Firefighters responded to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Friday morning after men arriving for a basketball game found the pulpit on fire. The Columbian reports crews arrived from a fire station around the corner from the church and were able to quickly put out the flames.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2016 8:51:44 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6
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Posted: Apr 9, 2016

More 911 calls with less staff in Enumclaw

Connie Johnson says her close call happened two weeks ago. Trees behind her home caught fire. “The flames were shooting as high as the shop roof,” Johnson said. “It was very scary.” She says what made it worse was it took Enumclaw firefighters 20 minutes to respond. Chief Randy Fehr of King County Fire District 28 says response times have been a problem.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2016 3:02:31 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5
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Posted: Apr 9, 2016

More 911 calls with less staff in Enumclaw

Connie Johnson says her close call happened two weeks ago. Trees behind her home caught fire. “The flames were shooting as high as the shop roof,” Johnson said. “It was very scary.” She says what made it worse was it took Enumclaw firefighters 20 minutes to respond. Chief Randy Fehr of King County Fire District 28 says response times have been a problem.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2016 3:02:31 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5
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Posted: Apr 8, 2016

MSA Debuts State-of-the-Art Safety Training Center in Cranberry Township, PA

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The jungle gym you remember from childhood just grew up. Global safety equipment manufacturer MSA has unveiled a new state-of-the-art safety-training center at the Regional Learning Alliance (RLA) in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania.

Located just steps away from the company’s Corporate headquarters in Cranberry Woods, this three-story indoor training complex is packed with an intricate rig of ladders, platforms, manholes, and escape windows, allowing MSA to simulate a myriad of true-to-life worker safety scenarios.  MSA will utilize this world class facility to train industrial workers, construction contractors, utility workers, and firefighters on how to properly select, inspect and use personal protective equipment (PPE) in a hands-on, application based atmosphere.

Confined spaces training receives special emphasis, utilizing custom enclosures to practice climbing and crawling, as well as provisions for pre-entry atmospheric testing/monitoring and related respiratory protection devices. Instruction on the repair and maintenance of gas detection instruments and other PPE is also available to provide end-users the confidence to run their own maintenance programs at their home facilities.

In addition to the hands-on safety training areas, the center also includes a completely modular classroom setting consistent with the continuing education mission of the RLA. 

This new facility, which represents nearly a million dollar investment for the company, makes it possible for MSA to offer a wide array of training courses covering all of MSA’s product lines across nearly every industry the company serves.

To learn more, go to MSA Training Programs or contact MSA Customer Service at 1-800-672-2222.

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Posted: Apr 8, 2016

Okanogan County residents blame poor management, environmentalism for 2014–15 wildfires

They had a new audience, but it was a familiar refrain as Okanogan County residents still reeling from the wildfires of the past two summer argued for better forest management — in particular, through logging and grazing, but also thinning and prescribed burning — to reduce fire risk. U.S. Rep. Dan Newhouse brought his congressional colleague from Pennsylvania, Glenn “GT” Thompson, to Okanogan County on Thursday (March 31) to see and hear — firsthand — the impacts of the state’s two largest wildfires in 2014 and 2015.
- PUB DATE: 4/8/2016 1:15:00 PM - SOURCE: Methow Valley News
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