Quilcene voters will be asked to renew the Emergency Medical Services levy for Quilcene Fire Rescue during the Aug. 3 primary election. The Quilcene Fire Rescue levy — written on the ballot as Jefferson County Fire Protection District No. 2 — is a six-year renewal of the current property tax levy of 50 cents or less per $1,000 of assessed property value, which, if approved, would take effect in 2023, Fire Chief Tim McKern said.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2021 1:48:38 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News - Metered Site

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A major fire consumed multiple businesses along the 700 block of Johnnie Dodds Boulevard in Mount Pleasant early Thursday morning. Multiple fire crews responded to Lafayette Village sometime around midnight. Flames were seen shooting through the roof of Jean's of Mount Pleasant Bridal Shop.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCIV-TV ABC 36 Charleston

The Peoria Fire-Medical Department has purchased a hazmat robot to avoid tragedies like the 2019 explosion at the APS McMicken energy storage facility that injured four Peoria firefighters. The first of its kind in the United States, the robot was purchased with grant funds from the Tohono O’odham Nation.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peoria Times

Buildings are burning in Barstow at an unusually high rate. A chief city firefighter sees decades of economic deterioration and social despair — accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic — as the root cause. Battalion Chief Nick DiNapoli joined the Barstow Fire Protection District nearly 40 years ago and says his team has been stretched thin for much of that time.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Victorville Daily Press

General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made. The company said Wednesday that the request covers 2017 through 2019 Bolts that were part of a group that was recalled earlier due to fires in the batteries.
- PUB DATE: 7/15/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLNY-TV CBS 55 Riverhead