The Yakima Fire Department has been granted funding that will help hire three additional firefighters to the team. Yakima Fire Cheif Bob Stewart sent in the request to city council due the department being short staffed. "Currently I believe we slightly below average in the number of firefighters that we have," said Stewart.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 9:22:27 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Tuesday people in Japan received a false news bulletin stating North Korea had fired a missile. Saturday, an accidental text in Hawaii put people in a panic thinking there was an imminent, incoming missile. Both were frightening false alarms In Spokane County, emergency management is confident if you get a local alert; it will be the real thing.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 8:22:50 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Thanks to strong support from the community, Grays Harbor Fire District # 5 has the funds for some upgrades. A press release from the department said they received a donation of $3,000 on December 11th, 2017 from the Druzianich Family Charitable Foundation in Elma. Invenergy, a commercial business resident of the Port of Grays Harbor, Satsop Business Park also donated $2,500.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 8:45:45 AM - SOURCE: KBKW 1450-AM & 94.7-FM

Everyday, firefighters respond to many different calls. But it’s not everyday that they get to reunite with the people they help. On Sunday, Matt Kovich, a firefighter with Spokane Valley Fire Department, was at a fundraiser for the Scott Firefighter Stairclimb. The event takes place in March and raises money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 3:52:41 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

A man died in a fire Monday evening at a mobile home park in Moses Lake. Firefighters responded to the structure fire about 6:30 p.m. in the 1900 block of West Marina Drive and arrived to flames shooting out the roof of a residence, making it unsafe for firefighters to immediately enter the home, according to Moses Lake Fire Chief Brett Bastian.
- PUB DATE: 1/16/2018 3:45:40 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne