VIDEO: As the world watches the deaths mount in Turkey following the devastating earthquakes, local firefighters are training to make sure they are prepared to respond to a similar disaster. Crews from all over Southern California gathered at a training center in Sherman Oaks, dubbed "Disaster City," to learn how to search for victims trapped under rubble brought by an earthquake.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCAL-TV CBS 9 Los Angeles

At the 7th Annual Public Safety Report meeting Thursday, Mayor John Hamilton announced a new $100,000 no-interest down payment assistance program for up to 10 police officers and 10 firefighters as an incentive to live in the city of Bloomington. Commencing immediately, the pilot housing program is the only such program known to exist in the country.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Bloomington

When Jessica Markle — then Jessica Fink — walked into West Manchester Township Fire Department’s (WMTFD) Shiloh Fire Company back in April 2015, she was a college student who decided to become a volunteer firefighter on a whim. Little did she know that she was about to meet somebody who would change her life.
- PUB DATE: 2/10/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: York Daily Record - Metered Site

Read the features and news on fire trucks and fire equipment from the February 2023 issue of Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment magazine.

Kent Police are contracting with Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority to provide a co-responder program featuring a nurse and a social worker. The Kent City Council and Mayor Dana Ralph asked the police department in 2020 to look into starting up a co-responder program in an effort to handle calls that might be a better fit for a social worker or nurse than an officer.
- PUB DATE: 2/9/2023 11:35:00 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter - Metered Site