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- PUB DATE: 10/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFMB-TV CBS/CW 8 San Diego

The Seattle Fire Department insists public safety will remain a top priority even though dozens of first responders could lose their should they choose to not vaccinate against COVID. Seattle city officials say as of Wednesday, about 88% of the department’s employees have been vaccinated, but that means dozens of first responders are at risk of losing their jobs.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Q13 FOX Seattle

Authorities are investigating the cause of an early Friday morning apartment fire that killed one man in Shoreline. Investigators said a man in his 60's or 70's in an upper unit at the Autumn Ridge Apartments was found unresponsive inside. Emergency crews said he died at the scene. The fire was contained to one unit and extinguished, authorities said.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

According to a consultant’s report delivered to Camas and Washougal city council members this month, in order to meet the needs of current and future Camas and Washougal residents, the cities’ joint fire department will need to replace two fire stations and build a third within the next 10 years. “We projected out to 50 years from now to meet the needs of Camas and Washougal,” Cathy Bowman, the project manager for Mackenzie, the consultant group hired by Camas in early 2021 to conduct a capital facilities plan for the Camas-Washougal Fire Department (CWFD) told Camas City Council members on Oct.
- PUB DATE: 10/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post Record

A report states that the cities’ joint fire department will need to replace two fire stations and build a third within the next 10 years, reports Camas-Washougal Post-Record.

The report presented to city councils recommends:

• Replacing the downtown Camas-based CWFD headquarters — which consultants warned does not currently meet the guidelines for “an essential facility” and would not withstand a major earthquake — in the next two to three years;
• Replacing the Washougal fire station in the next five to seven years; and
• Building a third fire station in Camas within the next 10 years.

City leaders will consider options to fund the necessary fire department facility needs, including increasing fire impact fees; asking voters to approve construction bonds, a public-safety sales tax and/or an excess levy; and selling surplus land.