PULLMAN, Wash., Aug. 7 -- Washington State University issued the following news release:
As wildfires drove Spokane residents from their homes earlier this week, Dr. Brent Conrad went to the evacuation center at Spokane Falls Community College and asked where he was needed.
The Washington State University medical school alumnus spent the next two days caring for evacuees there and at the larger shelter later opened at the Spokane Convention Center. Working through the Spokane Medical Reserve Corps, Conrad helped treat people suffering from burns and smoke inhalation.
"I grew up on a small farm here in Eastern Washington, and it has always been my goal to return here and serve as a family doctor," Conrad said. "I've been trained well and ...