Wildfire season will soon be upon the Wenatchee Valley and in order to provide effective and efficient fire, rescue and emergency medical services, Chelan Fire district relies heavily on community involvement. Between residential, career, combat reserve firefighters and volunteers, local county stations are always looking for more hands on deck.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 4:18:42 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Heroes do tend to be the quiet type: they usually don't like talking about themselves. Ryan LaFave is no exception. The volunteer firefighter with Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue in Kelso would much rather talk "Dukes of Hazard" than how he helped save four neighborhood kids from their burning house. But last summer that's just what the 22-year-old with Down syndrome did.
- PUB DATE: 4/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: katu.com

Clallam County Fire District 3 is developing a long-range financial plan. The first steps are to clearly identify and evaluate all sources of revenue and forecast future service demands. Early in this process, we learned that many in our community did not know how fire and emergency medical services are funded, how many services the fire district provides, and just how busy our crews are.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2018 9:04:35 PM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette

Newly elected Northshore fire commissioner Rick Verlinda announced at the board’s April 3 meeting that he will file ethics complaints with the state auditor’s office against two of his fellow board members for allegedly misusing public funds. Under Washington state law, fire commissioners can receive a per diem payment of $114 “for time spent in actual attendance at official meetings of the board or in performance of other services or duties on behalf of the district,” not to exceed $10,944 per year.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2018 1:08:32 PM - SOURCE: Bothell Reporter

The Arlington Fire Department is replacing an aging medic unit after one too many costly visits to the repair shop. The 2008 basic life support EMS transport vehicle required $54,500 in repairs over the past three years, including $35,550 over a six-month period in 2017. Keeping the medic unit in the fleet makes no sense, interim Fire Chief Dave Kraski told the City Council Monday.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2018 1:05:21 PM - SOURCE: Arlington Times