VIDEO: Fire chiefs across the region are calling for the end of a law that allows people in Pennsylvania to set off commercial-grade fireworks after a number of incidents across the state that led to complaints and fatal incidents. In West York, a child died after the improper disposal of fireworks.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WPMT-TV FOX 43 York

VIDEO: One Central Texas family has turned its tragedy into an opportunity for young adults pursuing their dreams of becoming firefighters. Maria Negrete has photos of her son, Jose Negrete throughout her home. A military child, Jose Negrete first moved to the city of Copperas Cove when he was just three years old.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News 1

PHOTO: The first firefighting apparatus of the Plummer Hook & Ladder Company—an 1890s horse- or mule-drawn wooden wagon that carried equipment including buckets used to haul water to fires—returned home last week nearly 20 years after a promise was made to establish a museum to honor the legacy of the department’s founding members and the volunteers who followed.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Warren Record

In response to growing risk of wildfires Governor Jay Inslee declared a statewide state of emergency Tuesday and introduced a ban on most outdoor and agriculture burning through Sept. 30, 2021. "Washington is facing a historic drought and we have already experienced record-breaking heat," Inslee said.
- PUB DATE: 7/7/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Monday at 9:20pm Fire District 5 was called out to a hay stack fire that was burning north of Pasco, on Elm Road. It was called in by someone who could see the glow from the Juniper Dunes. When crews got there, they found two stacks of hay burning. They called in help from a nearby department and the Bureau of Land Management.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2021 6:48:43 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima