IS AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE SO THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LEARN AND THAT KEY MESSAGE THERE IS THERE'S MORE TAX CREDITS OUT THERE.

SO AGAIN CHECK IN WITH YOU KNOW, CHECK IN WITH THE NAVIGATOR BEFORE JULY 16TH, EVEN IF YOU'VE LOOKED BEFORE THERE'S NEW INFORMATION OUT THERE AND WE HAVE TRAINED TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS AND IN SHORT IT MEANS MORE SAVINGS FOR PEOPLE WHAT SHOULD PEOPLE CONSIDER WHEN THEY'RE DECIDING WHETHER MNSURE IS RIGHT FOR THEM.

YEAH.

I MEAN, I THINK IT'S THE OTHER THING IS THAT THERE'S ESSENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS AND THE PLANS THROUGH MNSURE.

SO YOU ARE YOU KNOW GUARANTEED TO HAVE COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INSURANCE INSURANCE THAT CAN'T DROP YOU FOR A PRE-EXISTING CONDITION OR IF YOU HIT A LIMIT THERE ARE PLANS OUTSIDE OF MNSURE AND MAYBE THEY ARE CHEAPER ALTHOUGH NOW, THERE'S MORE LIKE I SAID MORE SAVINGS AVAILABLE, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF COVERAGE QUITE OFTEN AND IT'S KIND OF A BUYER BEWARE KIND OF SITUATION, SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY I WOULD SAY GOING THROUGH MINIATURES IMPORTANT.

I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING THAT ARE THERE MAY BE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MEET THIS DEADLINE WHO MIGHT QUALIFY.

TO SIGN UP THROUGH MNSURE YEAR-ROUND INSTEAD OF HAVING TO HIT THESE LITTLE WINDOWS YEAR-ROUND ENROLLMENT IS THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT QUALIFY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN MINNESOTA CARE.

THOSE ARE THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.

SO MNSURE IS LIKE AN ONLINE STORE AND IN THE ONLINE STORE, THERE'S SORT OF THREE DIFFERENT BUCKETS OF COVERAGE THAT YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON YOUR CIRCUMSTANCE YOU WOULD GET ONE OF THOSE AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IN MINNESOTA.

CARE ARE OPEN YEAR ROUND.

THE QUALIFIED HEALTH PLANS ARE THE ONES THAT THE DEADLINE REALLY MATTERS ALSO PEOPLE WHO ARE NATIVE AMERICAN CAN ENROLL ANY TIME OF YEAR SO LOWER IN MIDDLE INCOME.

THOSE ARE THE PUBLIC HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, AND THOSE CAN BE ACCESSED ANY TIME.

SO THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SIGN UP FOR MNSURE YEAR ROUND.

SOME PEOPLE CAN SOME AND SOME PEOPLE CAN'T OKAY.

YEAH.

UNDERSTANDABLE.

YEAH, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHY I'M INSURE LIMITS ENROLLMENT TO CERTAIN WINDOWS BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT JUST BECOMES REALLY COMPLICATED TO PEOPLE AND POTENTIALLY A LOT OF FOLKS COULD FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS BY MISSING THOSE DEADLINES.

THAT'S TRUE.

ABSOLUTELY AND THE THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF OPEN ENROLLMENT AND LIKE TIME LIMITED WHERE YOU TO SIGN UP DURING A CERTAIN.

I'M THAT HAPPENED WITH THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT WHEN A PART OF THE LAW PASSED THAT SAYS THAT PEOPLE CAN'T BE EXCLUDED FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT A COMPANY CAN'T LOOK AT YOUR HEALTH STATUS YOUR RECORD AND DENY YOU THEY HAVE TO TAKE EVERYBODY SO WITH THAT BEING SAID YOU KNOW THIS PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM WAITING UNTIL THEY'RE SICK TO GET INSURANCE.

IT THEY KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND.

YEAH.

HOW WILL THE PANDEMIC?

HAVE SOME KIND OF AN INFLUENCE ON THOSE WHO MIGHT WANT TO SIGN UP A LITTLE LATER.

SO, YOU KNOW THE PANDEMIC HAS HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE ON COVERAGE NUMBER ONE.

PUBLIC PROGRAMS BECAUSE THERE'S A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE NOT HAVING THEIR RENEWALS RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE CLOSURES HAVE STOPPED.

THE RENEWALS HAVE STOPPED FOLKS THAT ARE USED TO GETTING THINGS IN THE MAIL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR ARE NOT GETTING THOSE THINGS AND THEN THERE IS THIS SPECIAL COVID-19 SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD THAT OPENED EARLY IN 2021 AND IT CLOSES JULY 16TH, AND THAT'S JUST AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY CAN GET COVERAGE AT THIS CRITICAL TIME AND MEGAN WE HAVE ABOUT 15 SECONDS, BUT HIT AT HOME AGAIN, AS FAR AS WHERE PEOPLE CAN TURN IF THEY WANT TO GET HELP THROUGH A NAVIGATOR ENSURE DULUTH.ORG BACKSLASH HELP AND I WOULD ALSO JUST DRESS IF YOU ARE ALREADY SIGNED UP.

YOU HAVE YOUR COVERAGE MAKE SURE AND REPORT CHANGES AS YOU GO.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR WHAT'S TO COME.

ALL RIGHT.

I CAN HELENA GENERATIONS HEALTHCARE INITIATIVE PROGRAM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING THANKS MEGAN.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

THANK YOU.

IT'S TIME NOW FOR VOICES OF THE REGION EACH WEEK WE HEAR.

A JOURNALIST IN OUR AREA ON THE STORIES.

THEY ARE COVERING THIS WEEK AUTHOR AND COLUMNIST ERIN BROWN WHO COVERS THE IRON RANGE IS OUR GUEST THIS WEEK.

I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING A FEW STORIES ONE IS OUR LEGISLATURE THE MINNESOTA LEGISLATURE WRAPPED UP THEIR SESSION THIS WEEK CLOSELY WATCH.

EVENT THERE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY STILL SORTING OUT WHAT'S IN ALL THESE BILLS THAT PASSED.

STILL OF THE NIGHT BUT ONE OF THE PROVISIONS THAT WAS AT STAKE HAD TO DO WITH AMBRIDGE NOW EMBRIDGE AND THEIR LINE THREE REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAVE BEEN BIG NEWS STORIES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ALL YEAR AND THEY THE STORY TENDS TO FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PIPELINE AND PROPERTY RIGHTS OF PEOPLE AS THE PIPELINE IS INSTALLED, BUT BUT ACTUALLY THERE ARE 12 COUNTIES AND SEVERAL TOWNSHIPS IN NORTHERN, MINNESOTA THAT ARE FACING A DIFFERENT KIND OF PROBLEM RELATED TO ENBRIDGE AND THAT IS A TAX LAWSUIT THAT ENBRIDGE FILED TO REDUCE THEIR TAX VALUATION THERE WHAT THEY PAY IN TAXES THE ENBRIDGE WAND THAT LAWSUIT AND NOW THERE'S MORE THAN 30 MILLION DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE OWED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THERE ARE 12 COUNTIES AND SEVERAL OF THEM ALWAYS MUCH AS SIX OR SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A PIECE AND THERE ARE CERTAIN TOWNSHIPS WHERE WHAT THEY ALWAYS THREE TIMES THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET AND WHAT THAT MEANS?

IS THAT WITHOUT RELIEF TAXPAYERS IN ALL OF THESE COUNTIES.

POTENTIALLY GOING TO FACE ENORMOUS TAX INCREASES SO THEY'VE BEEN APPEALING TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND WE'RE STILL SEEING HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK.

I DID A REVIEW RECENTLY OF BOOK CALLED WATERSHED ATTENDING TO BODY AND EARTH IN DISTRESS IS THE NAME OF THE BOOK.

IT'S BY RENEE LENORE HANSON.

AND SHE'S A RETIRED WRITING INSTRUCTOR.

WHO'S FROM NORTHERN MINNESOTA ORIGINALLY AND THAT COMES THROUGH IT'S A MEMOIR ESSENTIALLY A PERSONAL JOURNEY THAT THAT RENEE HANSON WENT THROUGH INVOLVING NOT ONLY LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD.

SHE GREW UP IN NORTHERN, MINNESOTA THE LAND THE WATER THE SEASONS.

BUT ALSO HOW OUR ACTIONS AFFECT YOU KNOW THE HEALTH OF THE EARTH AND ACTUALLY WHAT WHAT THE BOOK DOES IS IT COMPARES HER DIAGNOSIS WITH?

ON TYPE 1 DIABETES AND TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU KNOW HOW IT CHANGED HER LIFE AND SHE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE ALL THE CHANGES YOU HAVE TO MAKE AND FACE ALL THE RISKS THAT YOU FACE BUT IN A WAY THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING AS A SOCIETY WHEN IT COMES TO CLIMATE CHANGE BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS CLIMATE CHANGE.

LIKE HOW DO WE MAKE CHANGES IN HOW WE HANDLE CLIMATE AND SPECIFICALLY UM THINGS REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENT THE WASTE WE PRODUCE.

THE ENERGY WE USE AND THE POLLUTION THAT WE PRODUCE AS PART OF OUR INDUSTRY NOW SHE DOESN'T SAY YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF HOW DO YOU PROPERLY CONTAIN AND CONTROL WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON SO THAT YOU DON'T PERISH YOU KNOW, AND THEN SHE PUTS IT IN PRETTY STARK TERMS JUST LIKE A DIABETIC HAS TO DO CERTAIN THINGS TO SURVIVE.

SO DO WE AS A SOCIETY AS IT RELATES TO THE CLIMATE?

WHILE THIS IS VERY EXCITING FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE RANGE.

FROM THE RANGE ACTUALLY EVERYWHERE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY IN A MORE TRADITIONAL MANNER THIS YEAR WITH THE COVID RESTRICTIONS LIFTING IN MANY CASES AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES.

ARE STILL HOLDING ARE NOW HOLDING THEIR PUBLIC EVENTS AGAIN, SO IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE'LL GET TO DO ALL THIS STUFF INCLUDING THE PARADES THE TRADITIONAL PARADES AND THE FIREWORKS AND THE STREET DANCES, BUT I I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING ON THE IRON RANGE BEING FROM HERE THE FOURTH OF JULY IS THIS CULTURAL TRADITION THAT IT'S A LITTLE BIGGER THAN IT'S MORE THAN JUST THE FOURTH OF JULY HERE.

IT'S THIS WHAT I LIKE TO DESCRIBE AS A HOMECOMING.

THE IRON RANGE IS A PARTICULAR AND A PECULIAR REGION BUILT AS IT WAS AROUND THIS MINING BOOM A HUNDRED YEARS AGO AND THEN ENDURING AS THE LASTING REGION OF IN MINING AND YOU KNOW ALSO NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE GREAT WOODS AND WATERS OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

WELL, BECAUSE OF THE UPS AND DOWNS OF OUR THE FAMOUS UPS AND DOWNS OF OUR ECONOMY PEOPLE HAVE IN MANY CASES LEFT, MAYBE A GENERATION OR TWO AGO IN SOME CASES, BUT STILL HAVE THIS CLOSE TIE THIS FAMILIAL TIE TO THE REGION AND THE FOURTH OF JULY RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER PEOPLE ARE OFTEN ON VAC.

THEY COME HOME.

THAT WAS ALL ON HOLD LAST YEAR THESE STREET DANCES THE PARADES AND SUCH DIDN'T HAPPEN BECAUSE THE COVID AND SO KIND OF MADE US, YOU KNOW, MISS AND APPRECIATE WHAT WHAT MAKES THE REGION SPECIAL AND SO I EXPECT THIS YEAR WILL BE QUITE A QUITE A PARTY.

I EXPECT PEOPLE TO BE OUT AND ABOUT AND SEEING OLD FRIENDS AND AND THAT'S A GREAT THING.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE MISSED IN THESE STRANGE AND CONTENTIOUS AND UNUSUAL TIMES, IS THAT HUMAN CONNECTION AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE GET TO DO SOME OF THAT OVER THE FOURTH OF JULY WEEK.

A LOT IS HAPPENING FOR THE DULUTH FIRE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW FROM HIRING HOPES TO SCHOLARSHIPS CREATED BY THE FIRE UNION AND IN FOURTH OF JULY SAFETY TIPS, AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD TIME TO BRING IN THE DULUTH FIRE CHIEF JOINING US NOW IS SEAN CREGEET WHO HAS SERVED AS FIRE CHIEFS SINCE 2019 AND THANK YOU SEAN SO MUCH FOR COMING IN SINCE YOU TOOK THAT POSITION AS CHIEF.

IT SEEMS LIKE CREATING A MORE DIVERSE TEAM HAS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY FOR YOU.

WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS IN THAT AREA?

WELL, IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEEN A PRIORITY AND NOT JUST FOR ME.

BUT OF COURSE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT YOU DON'T FOR QUITE A LONG TIME.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY TRY TO DO IS REPRESENT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS REPRESENT THE PEOPLE THAT WE SERVE AND WE HAVEN'T ALWAYS DONE A REAL GOOD JOB OF DOING THAT OUR NUMBERS AND DIVERSITY AS FAR AS UNREPRESENTATIVE CLASSES AROUND 10% AND THAT SPREADS ACROSS FEMALE REPRESENTATION AFRICAN HERITAGE NATIVE.

AMERICAN AND SOME OTHER HISPANIC GROUPS AND REALLY THAT'S KIND OF LOW.

SO WE'VE MIRRORED THE NUMBERS THAT GO TO THE FIRE SCHOOL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN TRAINING BUT WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO DO IS TRY TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THIS IS A JOB FOR THEM.

THIS IS A JOB FOR ANYONE HOPEFULLY WE CAN INCREASE SOME OF THOSE EQUITY NUMBERS FOLLOWING THAT COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SCHOLARSHIP THE FAIR UNION HAS CREATED.

ABSOLUTELY.

THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK FOR BOTH THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE FIRE UNION SO LOCAL 101 HAS CREATED FOUR SCHOLARSHIP POSITIONS FOR UNDERREPRESENTATIVE CLASS.

THAT'S ALL MONEY.

THAT'S COMES OUT OF THEIR UNION DO SO.

THIS IS OUT OF THE MEMBERS SELF-FUNDING THESE SCHOLARSHIPS AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY REALLY A GREAT THING THAT THEY'VE TAKEN UPON THEMSELVES TO TO REALLY INSTITUTE CHANGE.

WE TALK ABOUT SEEING THE PROBLEM AND NOT ALWAYS BEING ABLE TO FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION AND THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT REALLY GETS TO THE HEART OF THE PROBLEM.

AND ACTUALLY CREATES A SOLUTION.

DO YOU SEE IT CREATING MORE INTEREST WHILE WE HAVE SEEN SEEN ALREADY JUST A REALLY GOOD AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED FOR IT.

I THINK THE APPLICATION PERIOD ENDED TODAY.

I KNOW THEY HAVE MORE THAN FOUR PEOPLE WHO APPLIED.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY THOSE NUMBERS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY BROUGHT US TO TALK ABOUT IT AS A CITY.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAYBE BOLSTER THIS AND SO WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY TO TRY TO SUPPORT MORE THAT THE FIRE.

IS STARTED AND HAVE YOU SEEN PROGRESS OVER THE YEARS, YOU KNOW, IT GOES IT KIND OF GOES IN UPS AND DOWNS AT TIMES.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE KIND OF LOW ON FEMALE REPRESENTATION AROUND SEVEN.

NO, SOMETIMES WE'RE 12 13 AFRICAN HERITAGE HAS BEEN REALLY PRETTY STAGNANT REALLY SINCE THE 80S.

WE'VE HAD ONE OR TWO EDIT TIME.

SO I WOULD SAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

IT HASN'T ALWAYS GOTTEN BETTER.

BUT BUT WE BETTER AT CERTAIN TIMES THAN OTHER.

THERE'S A FIRE TRAINING SCHOOL HERE IN TOWN THAT TRAINS PEOPLE TO BECOME FIREFIGHTERS.

HOW IS THAT HELPED YOUR DEPARTMENT?

WELL, WE PARTNER A LOT WITH LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE.

HELP US TRAIN OUR NEW RECRUITS OUT THERE.

WE DO LIVE FIRE TRAINING BOTH WITH CURRENT AND NEW MEMBERS.

WE WORK ON EMT CLASSES.

WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM WHERE THE EMS STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY DO MORE RIDE ALONGS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SEE WHAT IT'S REALLY LIKE NOT JUST IN SCHOOL, BUT ACTUALLY TO TO WORK ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE GOING BACK TO TRAINING.

MAYBE THEY ONLY HAD CERTIFICATIONS WHEN THEY WENT THROUGH THEIR TRAINING AND THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON A DEGREE WHETHER THAT'S A TWO-YEAR ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE AT LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE OR THEN MOVING ALONG TO A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

SO IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND WE REALLY PROUD OF WHAT LAKE SUPERIOR DOES FOR US AND FOR FIREFIGHTERS AROUND THE STATE HAVE THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT YOU'VE RESPONDED TO CHANGED AT ALL OVER THE YEARS.

WHILE THEY'VE GOTTEN TO BE A LOT MORE FREQUENT, THAT'S FOR SURE.

YOU KNOW WHEN I STARTED BACK IN 1997.

WE WERE AVERAGING SOMEWHERE AROUND 5,500 TO 6,000 CALLS A YEAR AND WERE JUST UNDER 14,000 NOW, SO THE FIRE CALLS HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT PERCENTAGE WISE, YOU KNOW, 70 30 75 25 SOMEWHERE IN THAT NECK OF THE WOODS, BUT WE SEE A LOT MORE CALLS FOR 911.

WE YOU KNOW THE COMMUNITY SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE A PRIMARY PHYSICIAN.

THEY DON'T HAVE REGULAR HEALTH.

AS WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN THE PREVIOUS SEGMENT, AND SO THEY CALL 911 AND WE'RE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP PERHAPS SEAN LOOKING BACK AT YOUR OWN START WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHAT CREATES THAT DESIRE WITHIN A FIREFIGHTER'S HEART TO WANT TO BECOME A FIREFIGHTER.

WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST THAT SENSE OF PRIDE IN COMMUNITY.

OF COURSE, IT'S TRADITIONALLY BEEN KIND OF A LEGACY CAREER SIMILAR TO POLICING AND MILITARY IF YOUR FATHER OR MOTHER OR UNCLE OR SOMEONE ELSE WAS A FIREFIGHTER, YOU KNOW PEOPLE SEE THAT THEY GROW UP AROUND IT AND THEY WANT TO KIND OF EMULATE THAT AND GO INTO FIREFIGHTING BUT I THINK IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE CAREERS WHERE PEOPLE THAT THEY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE AND THAT'S THE SAME WITH NURSING OR POLICING AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE JUST RIGHT IN THAT RIGHT IN THAT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY AND HELP PEOPLE.

WE'RE COMING UP ON A LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND THAT HAS TO MAKE YOU A LITTLE NERVOUS WITH FIREWORKS BEING PRETTY COMMON ANY TIPS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ENJOYING FIREWORK.

THIS YEAR ABSOLUTELY, YOU KNOW FIREWORKS ARE FUN, OF COURSE, BUT THEY ARE DANGEROUS AS WELL AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE SEE IS APPROXIMATELY 40% OF ALL INJURIES ARE WITH CHILDREN.

SO SUPERVISION IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY STRESS IF YOU'RE GOING TO LET KIDS DO FIREWORKS OR USE SPARKLERS, YOU KNOW SPARKLERS ARE SOME OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS IN AS FAR AS THE INJURIES THAT WE SEE A LOT OF BURNS THEY BURN AT 1200 DEGREES APPROXIMATELY AND THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTING.

THEY LOOK LIKE IT'S SOMETHING THAT A CHILD WOULD WANT TO TOUCH, YOU KNOW, IT'S FUN.

SO WE CHILD SAFETY.

ONE ONE BIG THING THAT WE PROMOTE SEAN.

WHAT RULE DOES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TAKE IN WORKING WITH THE CITY PERHAPS IN A CITY-WIDE FIREWORKS, WHICH BECOMING UP ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

WELL, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE WEEKEND OF FESTIVITIES, SO WE START OUT WITH THE CONCERTS DOING SOME EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING WITH THE CITY DEPARTMENTS OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, LIKE POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS.

WE MOVE INTO EMT MEDICAL CARE AT THE CONCERTS PREVIOUS TO THE FIREWORKS AND THEN OF COURSE OUR FIRE, SOLD DOES INSPECTIONS PYROTECHNIC INSPECTIONS AND THEN WE USUALLY HAVE A RIG THAT'S ON STANDBY WHILE THEY'RE ACTUALLY LIGHTING OFF THE FIREWORKS AND THEN JUST WE'RE JUST OUT IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE ANY OTHER WEEKEND TOO, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK USUALLY IN CALLS FIREWORKS CAN BE FRIGHTENING.

OR CHILDREN FOR PETS FOR VETERANS ANY ADVICE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE JUST BEING CONSIDERATE SURE.

WELL THIS YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS IS TRY TO MAYBE CUT IT DOWN AT A REASONABLE HOUR AND THAT'S THAT'S TRICKY.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A DIFFERENT TIME FOR EVERYONE BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE PROMOTED LAST YEAR WAS SIDEWALK ART.

SO SIDEWALK CHALK.

WITH PICTURES OF FIREWORKS AND THE LIFT BRIDGE AND HERE LOCALLY, OF COURSE, SO WE'RE PROMOTING THAT THERE'S A TEST THAT RUNS THROUGH YOU CAN TAKE PICTURES AND SUBMIT IT THROUGH NOON ON MONDAY THE 5TH, AND THEN WE'LL BE GIVING OUT SOME PRIZES AND THINGS ON TUESDAY THE 6TH.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS LIKE YOU SAID THAT PEOPLE HAVE PTSD DOGS ARE PROBLEMS WITH IT, BUT JUST JUST TRY TO BE CONSIDERATE BE CONSIDERATE NEIGHBOR BE CONSIDERATE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND TRY TO THINK AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE THEM.

NOT EVERYBODY DOES LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE WELL PREPARED.

OH, YEAH.

HOPEFULLY HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE TOO BUSY.

WE ARE ALWAYS PREPARED.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CHIEF.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

YOU APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

WELL, THAT'S OUR TIME THIS WEEK, BUT NOW DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW ALMANAC NORTH ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.

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WELL FOURTH OF JULY IS JUST ABOUT HERE IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT WEEKEND.

IT IS GONNA BE A GREAT WEEKEND.

REMEMBER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PETS AREN'T AROUND FIREWORKS.

WE HAD A DOG RUN AWAY ONE YEAR.

OH, THAT'S NOT GOOD.

I TOTALLY AGREE YOU BET.

THANKS TO OUR GUESTS IN THE CREW HERE IN THE STUDIO WITH JULIA ZENNER.

I'M DENNIS ANDERSON.

GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY AND BE KIND.

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