Holly Woll-Salkeld
Western Washington University employees practiced patient triage and surveyed simulated building damage Tuesday morning, June 7, as part of a region-wide, four-day earthquake preparation exercise.
The drill, which began around 9 a.m., was part of Cascadia Rising, a series of exercises…
Environmental Health and Safety regularly offers a variety of trainings, including CPR, first aid, automated external defibrillator and fire safety, for faculty and staff of Western Washington University.
A new class, Emergency Preparedness, has recently been added; it will provide a…
The reach of the devastation from the mudslide in Oso really hit home for Bellingham Police Lt. Bob Vander Yacht when he got a call from a minister offering to bring in support officers - to tend to the support officers who already were helping grieving community members in the wake of the slide…
AJ Barse was sitting at his Haggard Hall desk one day when he heard a pop, like a muffled gunshot, from a nearby office.
He got up, peeked in the window (the door was locked) and saw a laptop ablaze, smoke and flames billowing from the front of the keyboard.
Barse, an informational…