Firefighters from South County Fire will host a 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sept. 11, 9:11 a.m., at the Fallen Firefighter Memorial Park at Edmonds Fire Station 17, 275 6th Ave. N. All are welcome to attend. The backdrop for the ceremony will be the 9/11 Memorial built around a 1-ton beam recovered from the collapsed World Trade Center.
- PUB DATE: 9/1/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News

Sunnyside named a new fire chief and assistant fire chief on Thursday. Cameron Haubrich, who has been the acting chief, is stepping into the role permanently. "With his extensive experience and dedication to public safety, we are confident that he will excel in this role. We are excited to see him take our fire department to new heights and continue to protect and serve our city," a city news release said.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 6:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

Two Chicago firefighters were rescued after being lured into a home and attacked by a man armed with a knife Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. Chicago police said the incident occurred in the 7700-block of South Marshfield Avenue at about 12:18 p.m. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford said firefighters were called to a garage fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WLS-TV ABC 7 Chicago

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Idalia isn't finished with the Southeastern coastal states yet. Idalia made landfall Wednesday morning as a powerful Category 3 hurricane over Keaton Beach, located along Florida's Gulf Coast near Tallahassee. After rapidly intensifying on its path through the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and briefly registering as a Category 4 storm, the hurricane hit Florida's Big Bend area with maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News

VIDEO: Some University of Maryland students were in the spotlight Wednesday after winning more than $150,000 in a national drone competition. What the team from the university's Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle Team has achieved is especially important to first responders, who turned out in big numbers Wednesday to take a look at the specialized drone students at the University’s Clark School of Engineering created.
- PUB DATE: 8/31/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WUSA-TV CBS 9 Washington, D.C.