The City of Vancouver has begun cleaning up homeless camps and ordering residents to move out in areas that are considered at risk for wildfires. It's the first round of enforcement under a new city ordinance aimed at ending homeless camping in public places that could quickly burn. "This is quite dangerous during fire season," said Jamie Spinelli, Vancouver’s homeless response coordinator.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

So far, fire season is the tamest it’s been in the Evergreen State since before 2017. Fires this year in the state of Washington burned 6,688 acres as of July 25. That’s 12,551 acres less than 2020, the next lowest in the past six years. By this time last year, over 126 thousand acres had burned on 17 separate large wildfires.
- PUB DATE: 7/28/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

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Firefighters in Gearhart (OR) have turned to the public for help to figure out who hit their department SUV while it was responding to a call on Saturday morning, according to a report published by Seaside Signal.

About $4,000 damage was done when a motorist crossed lanes and hit the command vehicle on US Highway 101 and fled the scene, according to the report.

Gearhart Fire Department staff were heading to a medical call when the crash occurred, according to the report, that added the response to the initial call was not affected by the hit-and-run incident.

No injuries were reported, according to the report which also asked that anyone with information to contact the Oregon State Police, Astoria Area Command.

Morrisville (NC) started construction on another fire station today (July 27) on Harris Mill Road which is expected to cost $8.8 million and be completed next summer, according to a report published by WNCN CBS 17.

The new station, which is designed to reduce response times in the area,  will be built on 6.3 acres of land with the station taking up about 2.7 total acres, according to the report.

When completed, the new station will have two deep bays  and a third for Wake County EMS, as well as administration space and quarters for up to nine staff members, the report said.