It’s possible that the significant increase in fire-related deaths in 2020 correlated with more people at home during the pandemic. On Thursday, Washington State Fire Marshal Charles LeBlanc released 2020 data pertaining to the number of fatalities caused by fires. In total, there were 75 total fire deaths in 2020, a 39% increase from 2019.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 5:31:22 PM - SOURCE: iFiber One News Radio

Puget Sound Fire firefighters put out a car fire Wednesday, June 23 at a parking lot in the 11000 block of SE 220th St., in Kent. There were no injuries and the fire in the Volkswagen Beetle didn’t spread to any other vehicles, according to Puget Sound Fire.
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Chelan County Fire District 1, Douglas County Fire District 2 and law enforcement responded to a report of a female and a dog in a kayak that tipped over into the Wenatchee River at 9:29 a.m. Thursday. According to public information officer, Kay McKellar, initially a rescue swimmer was called out, but was not needed and units were able to assist the woman out of the water, which was in an area with heavy brush.
- PUB DATE: 6/24/2021 5:11:04 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560 Wenatchee

Woodway donated a 1995 E-One fire truck to McLennan Community College to help develop skills of future fire cadets, reports Waco Tribune-Herald.

The truck has a 1,250 gallon-per-minute single-stage Hale pump and midship mounted pump panel. The truck is valued at $25,000.

The Woodway Public Safety Department had been looking for a new home for the truck since buying a new one in May 2020. The college program had previously been using a Waco Fire Department fire truck for the last 10 years, but the new truck was more up to date and met all the current safety standards.

Nationwide Insurance has awarded rescue tubes to Fair Grove Fire Protection District, reports KY3.

The equipment should be delivered soon, leading to training this fall. The grant is around $8,000, but because of Nationwide Insurance it will be free.

Nationwide awarded 200 fire departments across the country with the equipment and training, with at least four successful rescues since 2014.