The Washington state Department of Health reported 5,804 new COVID-19 cases and 29 deaths over the weekend. As of Monday, statewide totals from the illness caused by the coronavirus are 716,315 and 8,480 deaths. Those numbers are up from 710,511 cases and 8,451 deaths as of Friday. The case total includes 83,495 infections listed as probable.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2021 3:17:37 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald - Metered Site

Sutphen—North Creek (NY) Fire District pumper. Sutphen cab and chassis; Cummins L9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump; 1,000-gallon polypropylene water tank; Command Light Knight light tower; Harrison 10-kW generator. Dealer: Larry Gates, Vander Mollen Fire Apparatus Sales and Service, Syracuse, NY.

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Firefighters, police officers and other first responders gathered at Ephrata City Hall Wednesday evening to honor three Ephrata police officers and five firefighters for their involvement in the rescue of two people during a house fire on Aug. 21. “What an incredible life saving behavior these people did at the snap of a finger,” Ephrata Mayor Bruce Reim said.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2021 1:12:11 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

VIDEO: Parker residents were warned to expect smoky conditions for several hours Monday morning while firefighters and equipment operators work to extinguish a blaze near Twenty Mile Road and South Parker Road. The fire started in hay bales at 11321 Dransfeldt Road. South Metro first sent out a Twitter message about the department’s initial response to the fire at 1:31 a.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver

VIDEO: If you’re a developer, what’s one way to get rid of some houses to clear space for a new project? Let ’em burn. Having bought nearly $17 million worth of real estate in the southern Las Vegas Valley, Richmond American Homes donated houses to the Clark County Fire Department for training. One Friday afternoon last month, after fire crews trained in a house over the course of three days, they stripped the drywall, went outside and watched as the one-story house went up in flames.
- PUB DATE: 10/26/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Las Vegas Review Journal - Metered Site