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

Yakima Fire Department has certainly fought plenty of historic fires in the past, but they've done a lot more than fight fires over the years. Reporter Haley Gibbs spoke to a firefighter who actually created a documentary to show new firefighters and the public just what they bring to the table. "It's a department that's over 125 years old, that's pretty, pretty impressive," said Alex Langbell, Training Captain for YFD.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 6:06:16 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

A fire destroyed an RV behind a Bellingham home Monday afternoon, Sept. 26. A neighbor, Cari Duffy, said she noticed white smoke drifting from a backyard at 3206 Cherrywood Ave. around 1 p.m. Moments later an Itasca Cambria motorhome parked next to a storage shed behind the house erupted into flames with two or three loud explosions.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 2:07:32 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

Snohomish County has two different 911 centers. Every day, more than 130 calls to 911 need to be transferred between them. The average transfer has a 21-second delay. If the other 911 center is busy, the caller gets a recording: Stay on the line until someone is available. That happened July 30 to four people who were reporting a mass shooting at a Mukilteo house party.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2016 2:04:47 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald