VIDEO: A long-awaited addition to the Hermon Fire Department has finally arrived. A new training prop is helping firefighters be better prepared to enter burning buildings. “We’ve been getting pictures of this as it’s been built over the months, so it’s kind of like a baby. We’ve been waiting for it to arrive,” said Hermon Fire Chief Frank Roma.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WABI-TV CBS/CW+ 5 Bangor

Firefighters believe that a structure fire on the 800-block of Dow Drive was sparked by improper disposal of ashes from a wood stove on Wednesday night. According to an alert from the City of Walla Walla and its Fire Department, crews were dispatched to the residence around 10: 58 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

A nearly decade-long partnership between Camas and Washougal that formed the Camas-Washougal Fire Department in 2013, “has too many gaps to represent a sustainable model moving forward,” consultants told Camas and Washougal city officials during a Nov. 18 Zoom meeting. “Some of you are probably saying, ‘Well, duh, that’s why we’re here,'” Rob Moody, a consultant with the Tualatin-based Merina + CO, which has been reviewing the CWFD partnership since May 2021, told local officials.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

Tacoma’s Police have some worrying numbers for the city. During a citywide briefing on Nov. 21, the Tacoma Police Department brought in data that shows crime on the rise in a variety of areas, with the sharpest increase in arson. “It’s not a yard waste fire that someone started and it got away from them,” said Alex Wilsie, assistant fire chief for the Tacoma Fire Department explained.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Throughout Washington, the leaders of local chambers of commerce are busy delivering bags of toys to rural fire departments, enabling the firefighters to play Santa Claus for the children who live in their communities. For the fire departments, this is nothing new. They have been giving out toys and food every December for more than three decades as part of the Association of Washington Business’ Holiday Kids’ Tree Project.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Business Journal