Fire District 8 officials said the failure to pass Proposition One on the 2015 ballot would mean cutbacks for staff and slower response times. "Let's use this example right here, if we were to lay off these two guys, this house catches on fire, then where is the next fire station closest to this person? You know, it's another 15 minutes, maybe, for them to even get here on scene.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2015 4:32:39 AM - SOURCE: Northwest Cable News

Of all the equipment a firefighter uses, one of the most critical is the breathing apparatus for entering burning, smoke-filled buildings. The apparatus protect the face and eyes, provide breathable air, warn when that air is running low, allow firefighters to communicate and sound an alarm when a firefighter is disabled.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2015 12:05:57 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Kyler Olson and his mother Jaime Olson said when they saw smoke coming from a hill near their home they called 911 and rushed up the hill to see what was going on. "When we got up there, there were three people (who had gotten) out of the house," said Jaime Olson. The three people who escaped were an elderly man, elderly woman and their adult son.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2015 7:42:16 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A firefighter is in a fight for his life as he battles the final stages of cancer. Donovan Eckhardt has only been given weeks to live and now a community is coming together to honor and help a man who spent years helping others. Members of the Renton Fire Department gave a hero’s farewell to one of their own.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2015 7:38:54 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Yakima firefighters have been spread thin over the past few weeks as they've battled dozens of fires and last night was no exception, as firefighters responded to three simultaneous fires in the city. Tuesday night another string of fires sent firefighters to three different locations, two of them started within minutes of each other and the other sparked just an hour later.
- PUB DATE: 7/29/2015 6:46:22 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com