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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="https://dailydispatch.com/" target="_blank">Daily Dispatch: Washington News</a><br /><span class="rss-item">Daily Dispatch News - Daily News for America\'s Fire Service</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/03/Firefighter.suffers.burned.hand.battling.2alarm.blaze.in.Kent.aspx" target="_blank">Firefighter suffers burned hand battling 2-alarm blaze in Kent</a><br />');
document.write('A firefighter suffered a burned hand Thursday evening as he fought a fire in Kent that burned two structures and left a house cat dead and a family of five displaced. Crews from Puget Sound Fire were called to a house on fire in the 15000 block of SE 274th Place in Kent just after 5:45 p.m., according to department spokesperson Joe Root. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 1:58:22 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/02/Spokane.Valley.Fire.Department.quietly.celebrates.80th.anniversary.aspx" target="_blank">Spokane Valley Fire Department quietly celebrates 80th anniversary</a><br />');
document.write('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');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/02/Fire.destroys.abandoned.Yakima.County.school.aspx" target="_blank">Fire destroys abandoned Yakima County school</a><br />');
document.write('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');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/02/Fire.District.6.salutes.Legacy.Salmon.Creeks.health.care.professionals.aspx" target="_blank">Fire District 6 salutes Legacy Salmon Creek’s health care professionals</a><br />');
document.write('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');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/02/Seattles.Metro.Transit.workers.anxious.about.new.role.as.first.responders.to.coronavirus.pandemic.aspx" target="_blank">Seattle\'s Metro Transit workers anxious about new role as ‘first responders’ to coronavirus pandemic</a><br />');
document.write('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');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/03/Feds.propose.611000.fine.for.Seattlearea.nursing.home.connected.to.coronavirus.deaths.aspx" target="_blank">Feds propose $611,000 fine for Seattle-area nursing home connected to coronavirus deaths</a><br />');
document.write('Federal authorities have proposed a $611,000 fine for a Seattle-area nursing home connected to at least 40 coronavirus deaths. State regulators and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services conducted an inspection of the Life Care Center of Kirkland on March 16, finding serious infractions that they said placed residents in immediate danger. - PUB DATE: 4/3/2020 1:51:18 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/01/Seattle.has.booked.an.entire.downtown.hotel.for.first.responders.to.isolate.and.quarantine.during.coronavirus.pandemic.aspx" target="_blank">Seattle has booked an entire downtown hotel for first responders to isolate and quarantine during coronavirus pandemic</a><br />');
document.write('Seattle officials have booked an entire downtown hotel for three months to house first responders and other essential city employees who’ve been exposed to the novel coronavirus and can’t isolate or quarantine at home. The city is set to spend at least $2.8 million on the 155-room Executive Hotel Pacific as more firefighters, police officers and other crucial workers in Seattle and across Washington are contracting the COVID-19 illness caused by the virus. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 7:41:34 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/01/5.Spokane.city.firefighters.remain.in.quarantine.after.most.released.aspx" target="_blank">5 Spokane city firefighters remain in quarantine after most released</a><br />');
document.write('The number of city of Spokane firefighters in quarantine continues to drop, but department leaders will remain vigilant and adhere to a requirement that employees wear masks around-the-clock. Only five firefighters were in quarantine on Wednesday, a precipitous drop from 33 the department reported out of work on March 19, amounting to about 10% of the workforce. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 5:19:57 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/01/Snohomish.County.fire.service.agencies.are.working.together.in.their.response.to.the.COVID19.outbreak.aspx" target="_blank">Snohomish County fire service agencies are working together in their response to the COVID-19 outbreak</a><br />');
document.write('Collaboration started more than a month ago with fire chiefs sharing information in daily video conference calls with key staff, Snohomish County 911 and Dr. Eric Cooper, Medical Program Director for Snohomish County Emergency Medical Services. Now fire service agencies have taken the next step by establishing a Fire Coordination Center to provide unified tracking, planning and response to the outbreak. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 1:03:25 PM - SOURCE: North Couty Outlook');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/01/Clark.County.Has.Among.Top.Needs.For.PPE.But.Receives.Little.From.Washington.State.aspx" target="_blank">Clark County Has Among Top Needs For PPE, But Receives Little From Washington State</a><br />');
document.write('Almost two weeks ago, the agency leading Washington state’s response to the coronavirus outbreak reassured Southwest Washington’s highest-ranking lawmaker. Clark County, at the time home to nine positive cases of COVID-19 and three deaths, would move near the top of the list for resupplies of protective gear and testing kits. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 2:37:40 PM - SOURCE: Oregon Public Broadcasting');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/01/Pasco.police.respond.to.suspicious.fires.aspx" target="_blank">Pasco police respond to suspicious fires</a><br />');
document.write('Pasco police officers responded to a couple suspicious fires in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The first fire broke out around 2:41 a.m. in an alley at North 14th Avenue and West Clark Street by the Franklin PUD building. Police said someone set fire to a pile of car parts and tires, damaging a fence, pole and some stucco on the side of the building. - PUB DATE: 4/1/2020 12:02:39 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="https://www.dailydispatch.com/StateNews/WA/2020/April/02/Yakima.business.using.3D.printers.to.make.face.masks.for.local.hospitals.aspx" target="_blank">Yakima business using 3D printers to make face masks for local hospitals</a><br />');
document.write('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');
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