Two West Metro firefighters were taken to the hospital after a reported stolen Jeep crashed into the station ambulance, Lakewood Police said. Around 5:40 p.m., Lakewood agents approached a reported stolen Jeep to contact the driver and people inside at W. Colfax Avenue and Reed Street. The driver took off and the agents did not initiate a pursuit.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KDVR-TV FOX 31 Denver

Junior firefighters will now have an earlier opportunity to access the training they need to become full firefighters across Pennsylvania, state Sen. Carolyn Comitta said. Act 155 of 2022 allows junior firefighters, age 17, to train on live-burn, interior firefighter modules. Currently, only those 18 and older are allowed to enroll in this training program.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Mercury

Medics rushed a person to a hospital with serious injuries following a house fire in Kennewick early Friday morning. Fire crews responded to the home in the 200 block of South Quincy street at around 1 A.M. It was also reported that two people could be inside the burning home. Police were the first on scene, and when they arrived they found a 'semi-conscious' man outside of the home who was taken to a local hospital in critical condition and was later flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Crews with the Spokane Fire Department made quick work of a greenhouse fire at Sweet Mercy Farms Sunday afternoon. Crews responded to the fire shortly before 1 p.m. and had it under control in less than 30 minutes. According to SFD, there were no injuries in the fire, and the department is still working to determine the cause.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

A woman estimated to be around 40 years old was taken from the scene and kept under observation for smoke inhalation as responders fought back a house fire in the 1000 block of West Main Street behind the Possibilities Pregnancy Center in Centralia Sunday morning. At about 11:20 a.m., the Riverside Fire Authority responded to a call about the home, which was nearly fully engulfed by their arrival.
- PUB DATE: 12/5/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Chronicle