Fire District 3 extinguished a blaze in a multi-storied house in Sequim on Friday night. All eight occupants of the house on Oak Court left it safely before firefighters arrived, said Fire Chief Ben Andrews in a press release. Firefighters were dispatched at 7:28 p.m. for the fire in an upstairs bedroom.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News Online

The City of Port Angeles announced Thursday the promotion of Assistant Chief Derrell Sharp to Chief of the Port Angeles Fire Department. He will assume this new role immediately, following the retirement of Chief Ken Dubuc earlier this year. Chief Sharp is a 30-year veteran of the fire service, with extensive training and experience in all aspects of Fire Department Operations, Emergency Medical Services, Health and Safety, and Training Program Management.
- PUB DATE: 9/23/2022 11:34:22 PM - SOURCE: My Clallam County

Bids to build a new $14.5 million fire station for the Waconia (MN) Fire Department were approved at a recent city council meeting and the new facility is expected to open in the summer of 2024, according to a report published by Sun Patriot Newspapers.

The city got 125 bids for 27 work scopes that are all part of the over all project, according to the report, that added the cost of the fire station is far more than the original estimate of $10 to $12 million.

A consultant for the project said a tight construction market, inflation and the difficulties getting building materials were all factors in the increased cost, according to the report. It was also reported that because of lead times for getting materials, construction won’t begin until next summer and will take about 11 months to complete.

Ground was broken for a new fire station in Silsbee (Texas) making it the sixth such facility in Hardin County Emergency Services District No. 6, according to a report published in The Examiner.

According to the report, the new station will be on a 12-acre site at the old Kirby Elementary School and will improve services and help decrease insurance costs. The building is expected to be 30,000 square feet, with 4,800 square feet dedicated to the apparatus bay for eight trucks, 7,000 square foot operational unit area, 1,200 foot meeting room, and 2,400 square feet for storage.

The station will have 100 cots, a back up generator four showers and restrooms, according to the report, which added that the new facility is expected to be done by next fall.

The Cranston (RI) Fire Department has received a $1 million Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant program for a new aerial, according to a report published by Patch.com RI.

According to the report, Cranston is one of three Rhode Island communities to receive funds from AFG.

Additionally, Middletown got $383,810 for communications equipment including radios and Providence got $1,089,416 for training, gear cleaning equipment and a $240,000 ambulance, according to the report.