Clark County Fire District 3 (FD3) has made a handful of hires to help staff an increase in fire crews, keeping one of its stations occupied 24 hours a day, seven days a week and increasing the crew count at the district’s Battle Ground station. The district announced Wednesday, Nov. 11, that it had hired four full-time as well as three volunteer resident firefighters who will be responding to calls by the end of 2020.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: TheReflector.com

A Sunriver, Oregon man was killed while kayaking Sunday in Canyon Creek where it flows into the Lewis River. On Sunday (Nov. 15) at 5:09 p.m., north Clark and Cowlitz County emergency personnel were alerted to an incident involving a kayaker on Canyon Creek. The 9-1-1 caller reported he and two friends had been white water kayaking in Canyon Creek where it flows into the Lewis River near the Yale/Merwin Hydro dam.
- PUB DATE: 11/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Clark County Today

By any measure, this year’s wildfire season was a scorcher. From weeks of oppressive smoke to explosive blazes that destroyed an entire town and culminated in the death of an infant, this year’s catastrophic fires affected nearly everyone in Washington. The state Department of Natural Resources is Washington’s largest firefighting organization, with about 600 year-round and seasonal employees working to control fires on more than 13 million acres of forestland across the state.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 2:41:12 PM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

The Yakima Fire Department (YFD) responded to two structure fires in a span of about 40 minutes early Monday morning, November 16th. The first fire was reported at 3:05 am Monday and involved an apartment building at 20 Staff Sergeant Pendleton Way. The fire was located in a second floor storeroom. The use of fire extinguishers helped slow the spread of fire prior to crews arriving on scene.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 1:44:39 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

VIDEO: A fast-moving fire tore through three buildings overnight in the Bronx. The flames broke out around 1:30 a.m. on Harding Avenue near Emerson Avenue in Throggs Neck. Neighbors told CBS2 the strong winds caused the fire to spread. “I looked out the window, and I saw the houses were on fire, and the wind was blowing.
- PUB DATE: 11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WCBS-TV CBS 2 New York