The Spokane Fire Department said a woman with no medical experience helped save her roommate after receiving CPR guidance from a communications specialist over the phone early Saturday morning. SFD Chief Brian Schaeffer posted on Facebook Sunday morning to retell the experience. Schaeffer said the department got a phone call from a woman who found her roommate not breathing on the floor of their living room.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2018 3:08:21 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

To help ease overtime costs, the Yakima Fire Department hopes to hire and begin training four new firefighters as early as next month. “When we have people out with the flu or a strained back or other injuries on any given day — that reduces our capacity,” said Yakima Fire Chief Bob Stewart. “What happens is we have to go into our overtime funding to fill those vacant positions.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2018 8:26:02 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

The U.S. Department of Justice issued a statement on Thursday condemning the Everett Fire Department for past practices of overbilling for ambulance rides. A settlement of more than $200,000 became final Thursday, according to the news release. The Herald reported the terms of the draft agreement on Dec.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

Firefighters responded to a fire in a building at the former Pacific Rock Products quarry in east Vancouver Thursday night. Firefighters were called to the quarry, at 18208 S.E. 1st St., around 7:50 p.m. Vancouver Fire Department spokesman Mark Johnston said that evening firefighters had the fire, which burned in a mobile trailer used as office space, under control by about 8:30.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2018 8:40:28 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

More than six months after the South Wenas Fire destroyed thousands of acres just north of Selah, we are finally learning what caused the fire. The South Wenas Fire was one of the bigger fires we saw over the summer in the Yakima area. It torched nearly 3,000 acres and threatened homes. According to the Department of Natural Resources investigation, the day the fire started, two SWAT officers with the Yakima Police Department were shooting on private property for a qualification test.
- PUB DATE: 1/11/2018 6:36:06 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com