The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its final report on the deadly KOMO Air 4 helicopter crash in March 2014. Investigators could not say for certain what caused the crash. But the NTSB report pinpoints a likely scenario, stating that the probable cause of the accident was a loss of hydraulic boost to tail components at take-off, followed by a loss of hydraulic boost to the main rotor controls after take-off.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

King County dispatchers are launching a new public awareness campaign to try and prevent accidental calls to 911. The King County E-911 program office now says 1-in-5 calls are accidental, and in most cases, they are so-called pocket dials that tie up the phone lines. Dispatchers say these calls are diverting their attention because protocol requires them to stay on the line to ensure the call is an accident and not someone in distress.
- PUB DATE: 10/5/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: King 5

Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue is being recognized for some unique work they've done to help keep community members safe. "This award is just kind of a feather in everybody's hat," said Kittitas County Fire District 2 Commission Board Chairman Pat Clerf. It's an award that Kittitas Valley Fire and Rescue is truly cherishing.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 5:48:30 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Two workers at the city’s Waste-to-Energy Plant were burned Tuesday morning in what officials called “a serious accident” and are in critical condition. Spokane firefighters arrived at the city’s trash incinerator shortly after 10 a.m. after a report of multiple victims being burned, Assistant Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said in a video posted to Twitter.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 11:14:43 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The Red Cross is helping at least seven people who were displaced after a two-alarm fire ripped through their Everett apartment complex early Tuesday. Firefighters responded to the scene, in the 8300 block of 11th Drive West, at about 12:15 a.m. after receiving reports of flames and smoke at the building.
- PUB DATE: 10/4/2016 7:42:30 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000