Fire damaged a mobile home in Lacey Friday night, according to Lacey Fire District 3. Just after 11 p.m. Friday, fire crews were dispatched to the 4800 block of Pacific Avenue Southeast, just west of Saint Martin’s University, Fire Chief Steve Brooks said Sunday. The mobile home was occupied by two adults, but neither was injured, Brooks said.
- PUB DATE: 11/20/2017 1:54:38 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish an apartment fire Friday evening in the 1200 block of W. 6th Ave. It happened around 6:15 p.m. Heavy fire was showing from the ground floor apartment unit when fire crews arrived on scene. The fire was threatening the upper level living spaces in the old South Hill home that had been converted into apartments.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2017 6:15:01 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

East Jefferson Fire Rescue (EJFR) has hired Jim Walkowski, a 32-year veteran of the fire service to be the new fire chief. Walkowski was most recently assistant chief at Spokane County Fire District 9, which is comprised of nine fire stations and 170 career and volunteer personnel within a 122-square-mile service area, according to an EJFR press release.
- PUB DATE: 11/19/2017 6:07:46 AM - SOURCE: Port Townsend Leader

In an unfortunate scenario requiring a rope rescue, South Whidbey rescue teams might be found responding to instances in Central Whidbey and visa versa. South Whidbey Fire/EMS recently amended an agreement with Central Whidbey that increases rope rescue aid between the two districts. South Whidbey crews will now be automatically dispatched to situations requiring a rope rescue in Central Whidbey, and the crews up north will do the same.
- PUB DATE: 11/18/2017 10:43:20 PM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record

The Chehalis Fire Department is warning area residents about a group soliciting money using the department’s name without its permission. Chief Ken Cardinale told The Chronicle Thursday that the group, linked to website beasafecommunity.org, contacted a firefighter and used that person’s name on a flyer, which he said made the group’s solicitation for donations seem as if it was coming from the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2017 3:18:32 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle