Following national and international trends, Clark County Fire District 6 personnel saluted medical professionals Wednesday night with lights and sirens outside Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. The parade of fire apparatus was a thank you to nurses, doctors and supporting staff for their tireless work during the COVID-19 outbreak.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 7:45:32 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

An early morning fire destroyed an abandoned school building in Granger Thursday. Crews with Yakima County Fire District 5 reported to the 1000 block of Liberty Road at 3:20 a.m. for a report of a structure fire. The building, which was built in the 1940s as the Liberty School, was about 50% involved in fire when firefighters got to the scene.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 1:55:47 PM - SOURCE: Newsradio 610 WIOD

The people who drive Seattle-area buses are grappling with a duty they never imagined, as “first responders” to a coronavirus pandemic. While most people hunker down, transit is designated an essential service. So essential, in fact, that even if bus drivers are exposed to the novel coronavirus, Metro instructed those who don’t show symptoms to continue working.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 1:04:54 PM - SOURCE: The Seattle Times

Last week the Spokane Valley Fire Department marked its 80th anniversary, a milestone that passed with less fanfare than usual as the region and state grapple with the novel coronavirus pandemic. The department formed as Spokane County Fire Protection District 1 in an age when the Spokane Valley area was known for its small farms and apple orchards.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 8:28:13 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

Doctors and nurses short of face masks has some local artists making use of their 3D printers. It's a long process, but after the group met with hospital staff about what they need, they say they're planning to make hundreds for both Astria Health and Virginia Mason Memorial. The Yakima Maker Space has been closed to the public for weeks now, but a small group of members are working to pump out hundreds of masks for hospitals in the area with their 3D printers.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima