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First Responders Advocating Use of Personal Locator Beacons
First Responders Advocating Use of Personal Locator Beacons
First Responders Advocating Use of Personal Locator Beacons
With more and more people heading into the back country for hiking and other recreation, emergency responders in the region are advising everyone that does so to carry a satellite messaging device or personal locator beacon. "They're very light weight and fit in the palm of your hand," explains Shawn Ballard of Ballard Ambulance...
NCW Bracing for Impacts of Powerful New Illegal Drug
NCW Bracing for Impacts of Powerful New Illegal Drug
NCW Bracing for Impacts of Powerful New Illegal Drug
Law enforcement agencies and first responders are bracing for the inevitable arrival of a powerful new illicit drug in North Central Washington. Tranq (as in tranquilizer) is already wreaking a deadly havoc among drug users in East Coast cities like Philadelphia, where it is now responsible for over 25% of the city's overdose deaths...
Second Annual Skylee-Rae Light Parade Sends Message of Hope
Second Annual Skylee-Rae Light Parade Sends Message of Hope
Second Annual Skylee-Rae Light Parade Sends Message of Hope
The second annual Skylee-Rae Light Parade took place outside Central Washington Hospital over Christmas Weekend. The parade is comprised of emergency service and other vehicles which have light bars that signal the public to exercise caution, yield the right of way or pull over...