PHOTOS: Franklin County Fire 3 is responding to a semi truck on fire on Juniper Dunes Road, north of Smith Canyon. The truck was carrying chopped triticale, a hybrid of wheat and rye, when it caught fire, according to FCFD3. No injuries were reported, but the truck and contents were lost.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

A man was taken to a Seattle hospital Monday after he was burned in a garage fire near Rainier, according to Southeast Thurston Fire District officials. About 1:25 p.m. Monday, fire crews were dispatched to the area of 133rd Avenue Southeast and state Route 507, Fire Chief Mark King said. The man was burned either trying to put the fire out or remove things from the detached garage, King said.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Olympian - Metered Site

Rochester firefighters had to back out of a house on fire Tuesday morning when four firefighters suffered electric shocks.

Two were transported to the hospital, one with burn injuries to his arm, the firefighter’s union reported. No one else was injured in the fire, though initial reports said someone was trapped in the house.

The fire broke out at the 5th Street home shortly after midnight. Flames were shooting 20-30 feet in the air when firefighters arrived, WHEC reported. They entered the building, but had to retreat after being shocked by wiring on the second floor.

It turned out no one was in the building.

The firefighters noted in a Twitter post that the city’s radio system also contributed to problems while fighting the fire, as some transmissions did not reach all firefighters.

Multiple radio transmissions not making it to the new radio system pic.twitter.com/hd4HkGfGso

— ROC Fire Fighters (@IAFF1071) May 17, 2022

For the first time in two years, Spokane and Spokane Valley first responders sat together to enjoy a meal thanks to MultiCare. The hospital system puts on an annual “Thank You” barbeque for fire, EMS, and police officers for the work they do. “A lot of us don’t do it necessarily for the thank you’s,” Spokane Valley PIO firefighter Rick Freier said.
- PUB DATE: 5/17/2022 5:36:54 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

The city of Dayton is doing its due diligence on plans for a new $11 million police-fire station, reports bizjournals.com.

The Dayton Recovery Plan outlines the city’s plans to spend $138 million in federal pandemic funds, including $21.5 million for enhancing critical city services, the report says.

City officials say the potential facility would be in the northwest portion of Dayton. In addition, over the next 10 to 15 years, the city wants to replace all but one of its fire stations.