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Posted: Feb 4, 2016

Safety first: New firefighter program in Benton County helps the elderly

It's a program that can save lives and it's as simple as a checklist of hazards in the home. Slip, Trip and Fall is the new program Benton County Fire District Four will be taking into the homes of elderly locals. It's another day on the job for the firefighters, only this time they will be hitting the road to prevent safety hazards.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 8:58:56 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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Posted: Feb 4, 2016

Safety first: New firefighter program in Benton County helps the elderly

It's a program that can save lives and it's as simple as a checklist of hazards in the home. Slip, Trip and Fall is the new program Benton County Fire District Four will be taking into the homes of elderly locals. It's another day on the job for the firefighters, only this time they will be hitting the road to prevent safety hazards.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 8:58:56 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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Posted: Feb 4, 2016

Research: Firefighting linked to cancer

Research over the past few years is showing a link between fighting fires and cancer. Firefighters risk their lives onsite all the time when they enter burning buildings. However, the danger does not necessarily leave them once they make it out. "We're finding all the stuff out in the last ten years with studies of offgassing and benzene and all the things that are carcinogens that are offgassing off of fire clothing," said Fire Chief Mike Harris, he works for Benton County Fire District #3.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 5:58:47 PM - SOURCE: KVEW-TV ABC 42 Kennewick
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Posted: Feb 4, 2016

Research: Firefighting linked to cancer

Research over the past few years is showing a link between fighting fires and cancer. Firefighters risk their lives onsite all the time when they enter burning buildings. However, the danger does not necessarily leave them once they make it out. "We're finding all the stuff out in the last ten years with studies of offgassing and benzene and all the things that are carcinogens that are offgassing off of fire clothing," said Fire Chief Mike Harris, he works for Benton County Fire District #3.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 5:58:47 PM - SOURCE: KVEW-TV ABC 42 Kennewick
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Posted: Feb 4, 2016

Fallen firefighter's family, colleagues look ahead to another wildfire season

Snow coated the troubled town of Twisp long before the land could heal. On Thursday, a powder mask covered the scorched land, blackened by the wildfires that torched Central Washington last summer. But in the frigid white of winter, some see through the snow. "It's hard. It's really hard," Jordy Lewis said.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 5:36:46 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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