VIDEO: The Yakima Fire Department is celebrating the arrival of two new fire engines: one for Station 91 and another for Station 95. Yakima Fire Chief Aaron Markham said the department ordered the engines back in August 2021, but their arrival was delayed due to supply chain issues and the company moving locations.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Apple Valley News Now

Fire officials are preparing for a hot, dry summer that could leave the region in danger of wildfires. “That’s if I had to predict what was going to happen,” Fire District 3 Chief of Fire Prevention Dustin Flock said. “We don’t really know where it’s going to be or what it’s going to do.” After weeks of summer without excessive stretches of scorching weather or smoke-filled skies, conditions took a devastating turn in mid-August when two human-caused wildfires burned hundreds of homes in Medical Lake and near Elk.
- PUB DATE: 5/8/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian - Metered Site

Crews are investigating a house fire that happened in Poulsbo early Tuesday morning. According to Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue (CKFR), at around 3:40 a.m., firefighters responded to a residential structure fire in the 12000 block of Dogwood Ave. NW, which is just east of Island Lake. The reporting party told dispatch there were possibly trees on fire and an additional structure.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2024 3:22:32 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

VIDEO: A Colorado teen has been rescued from an abandoned missile silo after falling 30 feet inside early Sunday morning. That teen is seriously injured, according to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office, after responders from several agencies were at the silo near 82000 East County Road 22. That silo is near the town of Deer Trail, about 50 miles east of Denver.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CBS News Colorado

New Bedford is often pitched to tourists for the opportunity to observe its "working waterfront," and with the coming of things like ferry service and now the offshore wind industry on top of being a bustling fishing port, it's only getting busier. That's one reason why New Bedford has been "on the hunt" in recent years for equipment that would safeguard the city from any potential radiation-related threats coming by sea, says New Bedford firefighter and hazmat coordinator Travis Rebello.
- PUB DATE: 5/7/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Cape Cod Times - Metered Site