Grant County Fire District 8 Chief Dave Patterson said he started his firefighting career as a volunteer, and it was as a volunteer that he joined Grant County Fire District 8. After 12 years with the district, and about 40 years in firefighting, he will retire Friday. “I started as a volunteer, and then I became a captain,” he said.
- PUB DATE: 4/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald - Metered Site

Three agencies are investigating a fire that damaged an engine room aboard the Washington state ferry Wenatchee. The vessel had been undergoing sea trials on April 22 when one of its recently rebuilt engines caught fire. Washington State Ferries (WSF) said two of the vessel’s engines had recently been overhauled.
- PUB DATE: 4/28/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

A Marysville child is in the hospital after falling 6 feet from a first story window onto concrete. Marysville firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to reports of a toddler who had fallen from the window. The child was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. He was in critical condition Tuesday night.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 7:43:03 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Kitsap County is working to acquire land in Silverdale currently in the hands of DNR, and Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue is also eying the land as a possible location for a new station. The forested 27-acre DNR parcel near Clear Creek was slated to be traded to a developer to generate revenue for the state’s Common School Trust.
- PUB DATE: 4/27/2021 5:53:10 PM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

Pasco County is breaking ground on a fire station that will be a 16,000 square foot facility including full living quarters and four bays for emergency equipment, reports Bay News 9.

The new fire station will provide quicker emergency response times and will be a hub for specialty fire services. The fire station will include a containment area where firefighters are able to rinse dangerous carcinogens off their bodies and equipment after calls, so those don’t get inside the living quarters.

Pasco Fire will construct four brand new fire stations with funds from Go For Pasco, and will also reconstruct five existing stations as well as its training facility.