It’s high stakes in Thurston County where Tuesday’s election will shape the fate of the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority. More than half the firefighters could lose their jobs and stations could close unless voters approve a property levy. The money is needed to maintain effective service in the community, according to Fire Chief Rob Smith.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A driver was pulled out of a truck that crashed into a home near Green Lake on Monday morning. Crews responded at about 10:30 a.m. to a report of a dump truck that crashed into a structure at North 85th Street and Wallingford Avenue North. When firefighters arrived, they pulled a person out of the truck who was trapped.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

New details paint a harrowing picture of a rescue during Friday’s windstorm. At the height of this crisis, a woman living along 56th Drive took a direct hit from a fallen tree. “There was this young lady that was upstairs, sleeping upstairs in the back left corner of the house, and now she’s downstairs with a tree on top of her,” noted Rodney Peterson, a neighbor.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

A person is in custody after a shooting at Ingraham High School in north Seattle Tuesday morning. Seattle Public Schools (SPS) tweeted that one student was believed to have been shot. According to the Seattle Police Department (SPD), officers received reports of a shooting at the school, located on the 1800 block of North 135th Street, at 9:55 a.
- PUB DATE: 11/8/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

When a fire broke out on Susan Drive in Saugus (MA) last week, the first due companies for the area were on the west side of town, responding to another alarm at the end of Forrest Street. That, according to the Saugus Firefighters’ Union, left companies “behind the eight ball” as they raced to the scene, ItemLive.com reported.

While no one was wounded in the blaze, the union took to Facebook to once again call for the town to construct a third fire station in west Saugus, which they say would alleviate issues like the ones faced in the response to the Susan Drive fire.