A Poulsbo Fire Department engine was briefly taken out of service Thursday after a road spike on Highway 305 punctured its tire, and at least one other report circulated on social media this week of spikes being found in North Kitsap roads. The department believes the engine rolled over the spike while traveling on the highway somewhere in the vicinity of George Road.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2018 7:09:02 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

A pair of truck drivers managed to escape from a dramatic semi fire early Friday morning. The fire began about 2 a.m. in the cab portion of a tractor trailer while the truck was near Highway 221 outside of Prosser. The drivers escaped and disconnected the loaded trailer before the blaze engulfed the cab, said West Benton Fire and Rescue officials.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2018 10:39:24 AM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

A man was severely burned in a Friday morning fire at an apartment complex near Challenger Elementary School in Sammamish, officials said. Fire crews and medics responded to the scene, the Tanglewood Apartments in the 25000 block of SE Klahanie Boulevard, at about 5:30 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames at a third-floor unit there.
- PUB DATE: 1/19/2018 7:37:11 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Snohomish County officials say if immediate action to fix the system that allows dispatchers to talk to fire and police and for them to talk to each other - this is what will happen when you dial 911: “Unfortunately nothing,” said Snohomish County Sheriff Ty Trenary. City and county fire, city leaders, and dispatchers called a meeting Thursday to urge the county council to address the 19-year-old Motorola radio system.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2018 7:53:36 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

Next month, Yakima County voters will decide to pass or reject 10 propositions in a special election. 9 of those propositions are levies for local school districts. The last one is a bond, and its fate will affect anyone who uses Highway 12. Naches is a small town with barely 800 people. Right in the heart of it is Yakima County Fire Protection District #3, in a building that was never meant to be a fire station.
- PUB DATE: 1/18/2018 4:49:05 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com