Last summer wildfires burned more than 700,000 acres of land across the state. One of the worst in the Yakima Valley was the Evans Canyon fire which burned over 70,000 acres. Local fire officials fear more of the same this year. Even though summer is still another month from now the recent winds and dry land is troubling to local firefighters and that's why they aren't wasting any time in preparing for wildfire season.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

VIDEO: An Alaska man was sentenced to 20 months in prison for trying to set fire to a Seattle police precinct during last summer's racial justice protests. Desmond David-Pitts pleaded guilty to a federal arson conspiracy charge in January, acknowledging he set a fire to trash piled outside the Seattle Police Department's East Precinct Aug.
- PUB DATE: 5/25/2021 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

The Seattle City Council unanimously voted Monday to move the 911 dispatch call center from the Seattle Police Department’s jurisdiction. In the move, 911 dispatching would no longer be funded by the police department. Instead, 911 dispatching will be moved to a newly established civilian-led Community Safety and Communications Center.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2021 9:40:17 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Officials with the Potter County Commissioners’ Court approved the purchase of four fire trucks, reports Amarillo Globe News.

Three Rosenbauer Brush Fighter Fire Trucks from Daco Fire Equipment were approved for $940,549. After one of the county’s trucks was involved in an accident earlier this month, the county brought another item up for approval.

The plan is for the county to replace the truck with a Ford F-550 for $110,000, a vehicle comparable to the one which was damaged.

The Hialeah Fire Department dedicated a fire station in honor of Chief Engineer James “Mikey” Miller, reports CBS Miami.

Miller died from cancer in February after 39 years of service.