VIDEO: A man broke into the Boistfort fire station in Curtis late Wednesday and stole several pieces of equipment, according to the Boistfort Firefighters Association. The break-in happened April 22 between about 10 p.m. and 10:25 p.m. at the station at 997 Boistfort Road in Lewis County. Chief Turner said the stolen items include a TNT 7 3/4-inch Brute Force C-Cutter, a TNT 28-inch Spreader and a Stihl K12 saw. The association said video from cameras inside the station captured the man inside the building.

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Washington has fully restored $60 million in wildfire preparedness funding that was cut last year, Commissioner of Public Lands Dave Upthegrove said, calling it a critical investment as the state heads into another fire season amid a fourth consecutive year of drought. The legislature slashed the Department of Natural Resources’ (DNR) wildfire preparedness budget from $120 million to $60 million shortly after Upthegrove took office in 2025. He spent the past year lobbying lawmakers across the state to reverse the cut.

“I made it my mission,” Upthegrove told “Seattle’s Morning News.” “I spent a lot of time up and down the I-5 corridor making the case that wildfire prevention and response is a core public safety function of government that even in tough budget times, you need to do the basics.” The restored funding will go toward grants for local fire departments, aviation resources, staffing, and forest health work aimed at reducing fuel loads. Upthegrove argued the investment is far cheaper than suppression costs, pointing to the $300 million the state spent fighting wildfires last year during what he described as a fairly modest season.

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First responders rescued a man in a hammock who got trapped in high tide near Kingston on Tuesday night. A 55-year-old man had tied his hammock to logs on the beach and got stuck when the tide came in. Washington State Ferries staff members at the Kingston ferry terminal heard him calling for help around 10:30 p.m. and saw a flashing light in the water. Kitsap County Sheriff’s Office deputies on patrol searched for the man, walking through “heavy brush” to reach him.

The man is a double amputee and was unable to put on his prosthetic legs, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies carried the man to the beach, where a state ferries rescue crew in a lifeboat met up with them. Crew members took the man and the deputies to the Walla Walla ferry vessel, which was approaching the Kingston terminal. On the boat, North Kitsap Fire and Rescue provided medical aid. “Cases like this show the importance of cross agency collaboration and regular rescue training,” state ferries said in a Facebook post.

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Terex Fire and Ambulance Group brands will kick off the donation campaign with a $10,000 donation and aim to raise at least $25,000.

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A preliminary NTSB report on the LaGuardia crash highlights failures in air traffic control and the fire truck's monitoring, leading to the collision that killed two pilots and injured 39 others.

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