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Moses Lake Fire Department firefighter Garrett Fletcher (left) helps Adalina Flores put on her brand-new coat. Operation Warm provides new coats for children and is a charity project of the MLFD firefighters.

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Operation Warm
December 12, 2022 1:25 a.m.

Operation Warm

Firefighters help children get through winter with new coats

MOSES LAKE — it’s cold out there, and not every child has a new coat to see them through the snow, ice and 20-degree temperatures. About 100 children at four Moses Lake elementary schools now have a new coat with the help of Operation Warm. Jason Koziol, a firefighter with the Moses Lake Fire Department, said it’s a longtime project. “Operation Warm is a program that has been set up through the (firefighters union Local 1258), for basically purchasing new coats for kids in need in the community that we serve,” he said...