Responding to the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Firefighter’s Perspective by EFD Captain Jeff Pegrum. I would like to help our community understand the steps first responders are taking to respond to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. There are many steps we are taking at the fire station to protect ourselves.
- PUB DATE: 3/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyEverettNews.com

Cowlitz 2 Fire Chief Dave LaFave had his own poignant social distancing story Friday: Juggling management of the county’s emergency response group with the birth of his granddaughter. “Right now, as we’re sitting here, my daughter is giving birth to my first granddaughter,” LaFave said Friday morning.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2020 5:15:36 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

The man who set the South Hill’s Beacon Cleaners ablaze twice within a month in 2017 was sentenced Wednesday to one year in jail and ordered to pay more than $530,000 in restitution. Scott M. Lenway, 44, pleaded guilty to first-degree arson and two counts of second-degree arson in November, according to court documents.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2020 7:59:24 PM - SOURCE: The Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

A fire crew in Richland has four EMTs being monitored for the coronavirus after assisting with a patient for another medical call. Richland Fire Chief, Tom Huntington said the 4 EMTs have been self quarantined for about 6 days and are showing no signs of coronavirus symptoms. Responders were called to a patient's home originally to assist them with another medical condition, but as they responded the patient showed signs of the coronavirus.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2020 8:41:50 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Sequim leaders have declared a State of Civil Emergency during what could become the last in-person meeting at the Sequim Civic Center for some time. Monday’s Sequim City Council meeting will be online only. City staff last Monday discussed with a room of about 20 people and four video callers that the declaration authorizes Sequim Police and city staff to minimize the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, from spreading in Sequim.
- PUB DATE: 3/19/2020 6:48:24 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News