Firefighting efforts were winding down after a structure fire on Penn Avenue in Rock Island Friday afternoon. Douglas County Fire District 2 Spokesperson Kay McKellar said crews received the call just after 2:00 pm. Soon after, the incident commander arrived at the scene and reported a single-wide mobile home on fire, as well as some nearby tires.
- PUB DATE: 4/11/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPQ 560 AM/101.7 FM Wenatchee

A Bremerton man suffered burns and smoke inhalation in a fast-moving fire Saturday night at a four-unit apartment building near downtown. It took fire crews from much of the Kitsap Peninsula several hours to knock down the flames, which destroyed the apartments and threatened nearby homes. All the residents of the apartments survived, firefighters said, but a cat died in the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 4/10/2022 8:53:08 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun - Metered Site

The Union City Fire Department has added a 75-foot aerial ladder to its fleet. The fire truck, which pumps 2,500 gallons per minute and has a 500-gallon water tank, replaces a 43-year-old ladder.

The apparatus was previously owned by Farmington Hills.

The Concord Fire Department’s Station 12 is now fully operational and in service, following this past week’s ribbon-cutting ceremony. Footage of the event can be seen here.

The 17,000-square-foot facility houses Engine 12 and Battalion 3. It’s located at 3300 Roberta Rd.

“This new station is vital to a timely response, better service to the homes and businesses in this rapidly growing district, and ensures safety in the city where we ‘live, work, and play.’ This beautiful station demonstrates that the City of Concord cares about its Fire Department and the community it protects.”

PHOTO: If the upper floors of downtown’s Mount Baker Block or the Port Townsend Paper Corp. mill were to catch fire, East Jefferson Fire Rescue has the rig to attack from on high. A new ladder truck — new to EJFR, that is — now lives at Station 1-6 at Lawrence and Harrison streets in Uptown Port Townsend.
- PUB DATE: 4/9/2022 1:30:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News