PHOTOS: More than six years after then-Cumberland Fire Department Chief Donnie Dunn sounded the alarm for the need for a new ladder truck, city firefighters now have a 2021 Sutphen model to help in their firefighting mission. “It’s been a lengthy process,” interim Chief W. Shannon Adams, Dunn’s successor, said Thursday, a few days after the new purchase arrived at CFD headquarters.
- PUB DATE: 1/3/2022 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cumberland Times-News

Investigators said a fire at a church in Spokane’s Lincoln Heights was caused by an electrical issue. According to the Spokane Fire Department, an overloaded circuit resulted in a malfunction and started the fire Sunday afternoon. Spokane Fire Department crews called for more resources to help with the fire.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2022 10:23:27 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

On January 1, 2022, at 3:16pm, fire crews from the Kennewick Fire Department, Pasco Fire Department, Benton County Fire District #1, and Benton County Fire District #2 were dispatched to a residential fire at 4605 S. Ledbetter St. According to KFD, dispatch reported a small shed or gazebo on fire in the backyard at this address.
- PUB DATE: 1/2/2022 1:13:28 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

The mayor of Cosmopolis has issued a Declaration of Emergency after all nine volunteer firefighters resigned Saturday. On Dec. 23, 2021, the Cosmopolis Volunteer Fire Association announced that all nine volunteers intended to resign on Jan. 1, 2022. Mayor Kyle Pauley issued the declaration Saturday saying, "while my hope was to coordinate a delay of the resignation of the Cosmopolis Fire Department, this was not the case.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2022 1:32:52 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

One person was killed after a fire broke out Friday evening inside a Tacoma home, authorities said. The cause of the blaze at the home in the area of N. 26th Street and Rosemount Way was under investigation, said Tacoma Fire Department spokesman Joe Meinecke. Information about the victim's identity was pending.
- PUB DATE: 1/1/2022 10:20:03 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle