At 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, Quilcene Fire Rescue responded to a vehicle fire in the area of State Route 104 and Sandy Shore Road. Firefighters arrived to find a box van consumed with flames. The driver and all passengers had already exited the vehicle unharmed. Route 104 was temporarily closed in both directions near Milepost 6 beginning at 5:02 p.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2021 4:31:05 PM - SOURCE: Port Townsend Leader

Fire crews knocked down a fire that damaged an empty two-story house in Tacoma. The house, plastered with ‘No Trespassing’ signs, is located near Sixth Avenue and L Street. Crews were called to the house just before 7 a.m. when a fire spread from the first floor up to the second. Firefighters went in and looked for anyone possibly trapped inside, but did not find anybody.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2021 1:33:47 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Families are staying in temporary shelters after a fire destroyed units at the Honey Creek Apartments in Renton. Crews with the Renton Fire Department were called to the complex early Saturday morning, located at Duvall Avenue and 12th Street. Firefighters quickly put out the flames, but several units were very badly damaged, displacing families living there.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2021 1:33:46 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

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With cooler weather circulating and heightening the possibility of drier brush and thus fires, some Coastal Bend (TX) fire departments are being proactive, reports kiiitv.com.

Nueces County Emergency Service Department is receiving two new brush trucks, which can take a department further into a fire and get into areas where the previous apparatus could not, according to officials. The department also has a heavy-duty brush truck that will be ready for use soon.

The Corpus Christi Fire Department uses specific resources designed to combat brush fires. Plus, officials say the department has three stations designated as the brush truck teams.

Both departments are ready to assist local departments with mutual aid.

Officials recently held the grand-opening ceremony for the Wilbanks (SC) EMS-Fire station, reports indexjournal.com.

The facility features a fully equipped kitchen, three laundry machines, office space, and private bedrooms, the report says, but its location is the big draw.

Officials estimate the station will be within five miles of 75% of its calls. In addition, they say its centralized location should shave five minutes off response times to medical calls in the area.

The station will house the Medic One ambulance unit as well as a fire engine, the report says, though the bay is large enough to house two EMS and two fire apparatus.

City officials say the station was paid for using county operating funds, and it joins the six stations built using Capital Project Sales Tax funds.