The Bolt Creek Fire is now at more than 9,400 acres. However, favorable weather conditions are giving firefighters a break. The fire is still only 5% contained. But, It's expected the weather will remain calmer over the next 2-4 days, with moist air, light winds and cooler temperatures. It's going to give fire crews a chance to get some more containment on the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

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The Skagit 911 Board of Directors narrowly passed a 2023 budget Wednesday that calls for significant fee increases for local law enforcement agencies and fire departments. The budget, which passed by a vote of 4-3, includes average fee increases for law enforcement agencies of 28% and for fire departments of 21%, though most of the fire department fees are covered by the county.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2022 7:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Goskagit.com

The Goat Rocks Fire in East Lewis County continues to grow just 1.5 miles northeast of Packwood. As of Wednesday morning, the U.S. Forest Service reported the fire had grown to 3,212 acres and was 0% contained. Fortunately, calmer weather early this week has kept the fire from prompting further evacuation orders for area residents.
- PUB DATE: 9/14/2022 5:15:00 PM - SOURCE: The Daily News - Metered Site

By Alan M. Petrillo

The Harwich (MA) Fire Department has taken delivery on a new Sutphen SL 100 aerial ladder quint that replaces an engine and an aerial ladder.

Dave LeBlanc, Harwich’s chief, says the department’s capital plan called for an engine and an aerial replacement five years apart, but with the COVID pandemic and some maintenance issues with the aerial, the department decided to fold the two purchases into a single unit that could perform both functions.

LeBlanc points out that Harwich’s 13,000 year-round population, which triples in the summer months, is contained in the 20-square mile city that’s protected by 36 full-time paid firefighter/EMTs (emergency medical technicians), with half of them being paramedics, working out of two stations. “We run four engines, one ladder, a forestry truck, four ALS (advanced life support ambulances), and utility vehicles,” he said. “We have five firefighters on duty 24/7 at our headquarters station and three at Station 2.”

Zack Rudy, Sutphen’s director of sales, said the Harwich SL 100 is built on a Monarch heavy duty custom chassis with a 56-inch extended flat-roof four-door cab having seating for four firefighters, and a Huckbolted 304 stainless steel body. The front axle and suspension is rated for 23,000 pounds, while the tandem rear axle and suspension is rated for 48,000 pounds. The rig is powered by a 455-horsepower (hp) Cummins X 12 diesel engine, and an Allison Gen 5 4000 EVS automatic transmission, with a 420-amp Leece Neville alternator, and has a 110-foot aerial ladder with an Akron Brass Company StreamMaster II monitor with a Stream Shaper and Task Force Tips (TFT) stacked tips.

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