Two people are dead after a fire broke out inside an Olympia home Friday morning. Olympia firefighters and crews from the McLane Black Lake Fire Department were called to the home in the area of French Road Northwest at 2:16 a.m. The fire was reported by a neighbor who investigated after he heard what he believed to be the sound of breaking glass.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

With blustering winds moving through western Washington Monday night through Tuesday, power outages, downed trees and downed electrical wires have been reported around the Puget Sound region. As of 10 a.m., nearly 10,000 customers throughout Seattle were experiencing power outages, with most of those being around the northeast part of the city.
- PUB DATE: 11/9/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

Council recently approved the purchase of a $1.2 million apparatus for the Keowee (SC) Fire Department, reports wgog.com.

The truck will replace a 30-year-old piece of equipment, and a general obligation bond was issue to cover the purchase, according to the report.

Officials say the truck will be assembled at Ocala (FL) with a completion time of between 16 and 18 months, the report says.

The Vallejo (CA) Fire Department Saturday morning celebrated the reopening of its Glen Cove Fire Station 26.

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City and fire officials were on hand to ceremoniously cut the ribbon and restore emergency services to Glen Cove.

Emerald Park (Saskatchewan, Canada) Fire Department officials recently broke ground for the new fire hall in Emerald Park, reports regina.ctvnews.ca. They expect the facility to open next spring.

The area was previously supported by volunteer departments such as White City and Pilot Butte, the report says. However, officials feel the new facility will make the department more self-reliant.

Pilot Butte officials will run the Emerald Park Fire Department, which has eight new members in training. They hope to have 12 by year’s end and upwards of 22 by next summer, the report says. Officials stress that they want to attract new members, as opposed to poaching firefighters from nearby volunteer departments.

Most of the funding will come from development fees, the report says, and council says it believes residents won’t feel much of an impact from this project.