Wake County is teaming up with Wake Tech Community College and six other fire departments to recruit more people to work for them. The program is called “Career in a Year.” The goal is to increase racial and gender diversity within its fire departments. The county says right now 97 percent of staff with Wake County Fire Services are male.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4 Washington, D.C.

VIDEO: On June 2, 1983, 23 passengers died in a fire onboard Air Canada Flight 797. The flight was coming from Dallas, Texas, and heading to Toronto, Canada, when the cabin crew discovered smoke in a rear lavatory. According to the aircraft accident report, the crew attempted to extinguish the hidden fire before contacting air traffic control and declaring an emergency.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPBF-TV ABC 25 Tequesta

A shop fire, combined with multiple propane tank explosions, sent heavy black smoke into the Vancouver sky on Thursday afternoon. Around 4 p.m., multiple fire agencies were dispatched to 8503 NE 80th Ave, after receiving numerous reports of dark smoke in the area. Crews discovered a fire in a large shop that was also torching several trees.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOIN-TV CBS 6 Portland

PHOTOS: To reach South King Fire and Rescue’s new fire boat, you have to walk past the old vessel housed at the Des Moines Marina. Despite providing rescue services in south Puget Sound for almost 40 years, the white 32-foot fire boat, built in 1985, looks far less powerful than its sleek aluminum 43-foot replacement poised at the end of the dock.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

The Tri-Cities is growing quickly and part of the growth means adapting to the needs of the community. In recent years, the Pasco Fire Department has seen a nearly 18% increase in calls. With that increase in calls, it's also seen an increase in the response times to those calls. The city of Pasco set a response time goal of six minutes from when the firefighters leave their station to arriving on scene.
- PUB DATE: 6/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima