Firefighters in full tilt
North County Fire participates in lymphoma fundraiser stair climb competition in Seattle
A firefighter’s “combat gear” – boots, fireproof pants and jacket, bottled oxygen pack and facemask – weighs about 50 pounds, said Matt Fleishbein, with North County Regional Fire Authority. Full Story
SnoCo attorney resigns prior to release of findings
Two days before the release of the Snohomish County Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) office’s practices and protocols analysis on Wednesday, lead investigator and attorney Mark Knudsen submitted his letter of resignation. Full Story
Fire/EMS presents ‘cost of service’ analysis to council
Last Wednesday night, Peter Moy from FCS Group, a financial consulting firm hired to analyze the cost of providing fire and EMS services to the city of Stanwood, presented their findings to Stanwood City Council and fire commissioners.
The take-home message was fairly clear: The city is receiving a high level of service for a relatively low cost. Full Story
Lisa Rockstad of Stanwood knew something was wrong.
“I was starting to get weak,” she said. “And, I was turning bright orange.”
Rockstad, normally physically fit and energetic, felt her body changing. She decided to get checked out.
In August of 2007, a doctor told her she had two weeks to live. Full Story
