VIDEO: Seattle fire crews responded to a two-alarm residential fire near the 4800 block of Terrace Drive Northeast on Thursday. The fire department first tweeted about the fire just after 3 p.m. Around 3:30 p.m., Seattle Fire tweeted that crews had gotten water onto the fire and contained it to the attic of a three-story apartment building.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

In spite of the wet spring that’s delaying severe wildfires across the state, the heart of Washington’s fire season is just around the corner. To stay prepared, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is once again staging an agency helicopter at Big Lake Fire Department for the summer starting June 21.
- PUB DATE: 6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Washington State Department of Natural Resources

As FA reported, on Monday, Edinburgh broke ground on its new fire station.

The new facility, which will be located behind Edmundson RV on CR 900N, is scheduled for completion in spring 2023.

See pics of the events below:

The Kernersville Fire Rescue Department and the Beeson Crossroads Fire & Rescue Department are now sharing a station, which will soon be flush with renovations.

Kernersville Monday moved into Beeson’s Station 26 at 1105 Old Salem Rd.

Following about $3.1 million in renovations, according to a report in journalnow.com, the facility will be renamed Beeson Crossroads Fire Rescue/Kernersville Fire Rescue, Station 26/Engine 44.

The project, which you can learn more about below, is expected to be completed in spring 2024. An RFQ was issued, which you can see below, but it has since been canceled and will be re-advertised:

Ithaca and its fire department are working to make the city a greener place, with department officials leading the way.

Indeed. Ithaca Fire Department Chief Tom Parsons gave a presentation at the June 1 Common Council meeting to divulge the department’s plans to replace its fleet with electric trucks.

He says that the department has been tinkering with how to meet the city’s goal of reducing emissions from its vehicles by 50% of 2001 levels by 2025, with a goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

In the meantime, the department has been purchasing cleaner vehicles. It currently boasts three hybrid SUV vehicles and is waiting on delivery of an electric pick-up. Furthermore, the yet-to-be-built East Hill Fire Station will be fully electric, sans the emergency generator.

An all-electric fleet would certainly help the cause.

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