PHOTOS: La Crosse Fire Station No. 5 has another claim to fame, in addition to being the last station in the city to use horse brigades: It’s now listed on the State Register of Historic Places. The Wisconsin Historical Society, which bestowed the distinction on the station last month, cements the building’s heritage as the last surviving firehouse in the city, although it’s no longer used as a fire station.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKBT-TV CBS 8 La Crosse

A 162-acre fire burning northeast of Republic, Washington in Ferry County is forcing immediate evacuations. According to Ryan Rodruck with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, the fire is being called the Double J Fire and is burning near Highway 21. The Ferry County Sheriff’s Office issued Level 3 evacuations for Herron Creek, Springridge Road, Goa Way and Grizzly Loop.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2 Spokane

Slow growth and slow containment. That's the latest on the Schneider Springs Fire. The fire remains at 31% containment, the same number the fire was at on Sunday. The fire, which started August 3 by a lightning strike grew from 104, 853 acres on Sunday to 105,447 acres Tuesday. Officials with the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest say "temperatures are expected to warm back to seasonal norm around 75 degrees with southeasterly wind conditions on Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2021 7:44:40 PM - SOURCE: KDBL-FM 92.9 Toppenish

The overcrowded hospitals we've been telling you about for weeks are having ripple effects out into the community -- some you could predict and some which are a little more startling. Take for example a fire that gutted a house in Ocean Shores or expensive airlifts from Leavenworth, Washington. There is no private ambulance service in coastal Grays Harbor County.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2021 6:41:37 PM - SOURCE: KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle

The Lorain Fire Department is planning to order a new, $1.4 million tower truck, reports Morning Journal.

The Sutphen SPH 100 Aerial Platform will be customized for specifications of the fire Department. The truck could take 14 to 16 months to arrive. Issues in the supply chain and worker issues are impacting timing of delivery of fire trucks.

Tower 1 will remain in use until the arrival of the new truck, then serve as a backup aerial. The current truck is 18 years old.