Nearly a dozen people were rescued from a boat that capsized in Elliott Bay, just off Alaskan Way in downtown Seattle. This happened about 10:30 Saturday night on Seattle's waterfront. Seattle Fire says the group was out squid fishing near the Colman Dock ferry terminal when their boat lost its engine, drifted towards the ferry dock, and was overtaken by a large wave, sending everyone on board into the water.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2021 4:33:49 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Just 8% of full-time firefighters in the United States are women, according to a 2018 report by the National Fire Protection Association. Of the large volunteer firefighter forces in the U.S., 11% are women. Fire agencies in the Spokane area are also male dominated. At the Spokane Fire Department, 11 of the approximately 326 firefighters are women.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2021 6:05:47 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review - Metered Site

Quick-acting school staff and firefighters prevented a terrarium fire from spreading inside a Woodland classroom Friday morning, saving the resident snake. Clark-Cowlitz Fire Rescue crews were dispatched at 5:31 a.m. to North Fork Elementary School, 2250 Lewis River Road, after a school staff member discovered smoke inside the building and called 911, according to a news release from the fire agency.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2021 7:48:02 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

The partnership between Eastside Fire and Rescue (EF&R) and Woodinville Fire and Rescue (WF&R) solidified today as EF&R officially began providing emergency services to the Woodinville Community. The ten-year contract for service was approved in July by both agencies’ governing bodies and labor organizations.
- PUB DATE: 10/1/2021 1:02:36 PM - SOURCE: Mercer Island Reporter

Several fire departments across Delta County (MI) Wednesday received about $1.1 million in donated equipment via the From Our Firehouse to Yours program, reports dailypress.net. The equipment was donated by departments in the Lower Peninsula.

Retired firefighters doled out equipment as they travelled caravan-style in a box truck and three trailers to The Pantry Truck Stop in Rapid River, down Bayshore Drive into Gladstone, and down 9th Street to Lakeshore Drive before coming up to the Besse Fire Hall, the report says.

The program delivers donated fire equipment to departments in need, and this was its seventh delivery in the last five years. All but one of those seven were made to the Upper Peninsula, according to the report. Officials estimate that roughly $5.1 million worth of gear has received new life through the program.