Friday morning Spokane Valley Firefighters Labor Union announced via Facebook that they were able to deliver the first 'Operation Warm' winter coats ahead of the winter storm. Trent Elementary and Trentwood Elementary received 125 winter coats and SVFLU reminded parents to contact the school counselor if their kid is in need of a coat.
- PUB DATE: 10/25/2020 4:27:34 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

At Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue’s Olympic View Station, the Olympic Mountains can actually be viewed from inside the building through cracks in the walls. That’s just one of the problems with the station a $58.3 million facilities bond on the November ballot would solve. Both Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue and South Kitsap Fire and Rescue are going to voters this fall, asking them to approve bonds that would pay to upgrade or replace facilities they say are outdated and unsafe: stations that were built by volunteers in the 1960s and don’t have room to house modern fire engines, and stations that aren't up to seismic standards, meaning they could collapse in an earthquake, according to fire officials.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 1:47:37 PM - SOURCE: Kitsap Sun

Aaron Boyce, a former standout football and basketball player at Kentwood High School, has been named the 2019 Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority Firefighter of the Year. Boyce was one of several employees honored at the Puget Sound Fire virtual awards presentation on Oct. 16. The ceremony typically is held earlier in the year but COVID-19 postponed the event and caused it to be presented in a virtual format.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 1:03:35 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

VIDEO: A crash that sparked a brush fire forced the closure of part of Interstate 80 in Placer County for several hours Thursday. A vehicle slammed into a power pole on westbound I-80 at Highway 193 in the Newcastle area, knocking powerlines onto the highway and Ophir Road and igniting a fire, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCRA-TV NBC 3 Sacramento

On Thursday, Brittani Rawls became Passaic Fire Department's first female tillerman. That's the firefighter who sits in a seat in back and steers the tail end of a firetruck. It's the kind of challenge she relishes, because in a city crammed with traffic, tight streets and double-parked cars, life for the tillerman is never dull.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NorthJersey.com (Bergen County Record & Herald News) - Metered Site