Some of Yakima's new firefighters are training on life-saving techniques. They're practicing how to rescue people from a burning building at their training facility. Part of the training involves getting a person out of a window from three stories up. They also practiced going into a smoke-filled room and rescuing a firefighter in need.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 8:22:14 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

A man risked his life to save others when the flames were raging at a West Seattle apartment complex Tuesday. Smoke rising from the fire could be seen for miles as crews fought the multiple-alarm fire at the Lam Bow Apartments on Delridge Way. A building maintenance worker is being credited for saving lives, along with the firefighters who were still at the scene Wednesday morning.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 9:48:19 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

An early morning fire kept Pasco Police and Fire crews busy throughout most of Wednesday morning. The fire, being investigated as suspicious, happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 1000 block of South 4th Street. When firefighters got on scene they found a 10-by-10 shed completely engulfed in flames. Authorities say a man had been living in the shed, but say no one was in the out-building at the time of the fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 9:39:22 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Coordinating communications among some 14 agencies was among the top priorities during the U.S. Coast Guard-led international mass-rescue drill in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Tuesday. The Coast Guard worked with several local agencies — including law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics — as well as Canadian first responders to simulate rescuing 60 people from the Strait after a maritime disaster about six miles north of Port Angeles.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2016 2:26:14 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Another mystery in the 9/11 ground zero flag disappearance has been solved. Police learned how an Everett man came to possess the missing historical flag, and turn it in to officials. An iconic 9/11 photo showed an American flag being raised by three New York City firefighters over Ground Zero. It disappeared several hours later, only to found in Everett over a decade later.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 9:47:36 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2