“Happiness is a warm puppy.” That sentiment expressed by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is just as true today as it was on April 25, 1960, when it first appeared in the comic strip “Peanuts.” And the firefighters, paramedics and reservists who work at the Boulder City Fire Department would be among the first to agree.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Boulder City Review

As temperatures plunge tomorrow, firefighters say they're getting prepared to deal with even more fires along the greenway. Although wildfire season is over for the state, the fires in Yakima aren't expected to stop, and may even get worse. City of Yakima Deputy Fire Chief Jeremy Rodriguez says they've been dealing with fires along the greenway for "an extensive length of time.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Never before has a sunny and 65-degree day been so uninviting to be outdoors. Thick wildfire smoke that has been draped over parts of the Pacific Northwest for weeks due to relentless fires burning in the Cascades and eastern Washington has become even worse over the Seattle and Portland metro areas, not only rating as the region's worst air quality of the year, but rating as the worst air quality measured anywhere in the world.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

One person is dead after a fire broke out at a home in the Larson Housing area of Moses Lake on Thursday night. Grant County Fire Marshal Nathan Poplowski confirmed that the blaze killed one person and injured another. The cousin of the man who lived in the burning home told iFIBER ONE News that his cousin was airlifted for smoke inhalation and severe burns; his cousin's wife was killed in the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 10/21/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: iFiber One News

Greencastle’s Rescue Hose Company has a little extra financial breathing room after receiving a federal grant for nearly a quarter-million dollars to replace self-contained breathing apparatus, Echo-Pilot.com reported.

The department recently was awarded an Assistance to Firefighters Grant in the amount of $241,880 for operations and safety from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the report said. The money will be used to replace the breathing apparatus that is reaching the end of its service life, according to a fire official.

The money will be used to replace SCBA equipment bought with an AFG grant in 2011, the report said. That grant of $182,875 paid for 36 units, while the new grant will cover 32.