As the Russian invasion drags into its fourth year, the need for help grows more desperate.
POULSBO, Wash. — The sort of training firefighters do in the Pacific Northwest corresponds perfectly with the type of training first responders need in the war zone of Ukraine.
“The need there is tremendous,” said Jake Gillanders, Poulsbo Fire Department battalion chief. “There are civilians caught in the crossfire of this every day.”
Gillanders and a team from his international rescue and relief organization, Empact Northwest, will be conducting technical rescue training in Ukraine all next week.
“They were trained in the old Soviet style,” Gillanders said.
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