South County Fire is celebrating the promotion of Battalion Chief Terri Fitzgerald, the agency’s first-ever female chief officer. Fitzgerald has worked nearly 30 years in the fire service, beginning her career in 1995 as a volunteer for Chelan County Fire District 1. She joined South County Fire as a firefighter/paramedic in 2003, later promoting to captain.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2024 6:39:22 PM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News

VIDEO: A Tacoma woman who was convicted of murder and over a dozen counts of arson was sentenced to more than 80 years in prison on Tuesday. Sarah Jane Ramey set a string of fires in Tacoma and Ruston between late December 2021 and late January 2022, the first of which caused the death of James Elliott, a father and grandfather who lived in North Tacoma on Rosemount Way.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2024 12:43:00 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Video from the Hookies Fire Company in Tyrone shows an incredible first-person view of local firefighters battling a blaze in Blair County. Officials say firefighters battled a shed fire early Monday morning along the 100 block of Pot Pie Hill Road in Snyder Township. Authorities say no injuries were reported and responders say the flames didn’t spread to any other buildings.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WJAC-TV NBC/CW+ 6 Johnstown

VIDEO: Four Columbus fire stations will be getting technology that is meant to help first responders get better rest during a 24-hour shift. A shift like that can be challenging. Firefighters are usually woken up several times throughout the night. “The thought of sleeping just isn’t a thing. It’s more just rest.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCMH-TV NBC 4 Columbus

PHOTOS: A Baltimore City fire boat used in the 1960s is now sitting on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, offshore of Lewes and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware—and unlike many shipwrecks, it was put there on purpose. The fire boat Mayor J. Harold Grady is the newest addition to Delaware’s artificial reef system.
- PUB DATE: 7/24/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Chesapeake Bay Magazine