The wreckage of a four-alarm fire still smoldered, but Port of Everett officials said Friday that the Waterfront Place Apartments are still expected to be built, in one form or another. The 266-unit apartment complex had been under construction on Everett’s waterfront for most of a year, when the more southern of two buildings erupted into a four-story inferno around 5:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 9:36:57 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Fire crews are once again crediting smoke alarms for alerting a family to a fire in their home. Spokane County Fire District 8 and Spokane Valley Fire Department crews responded to the home on S. Bowdiish High Ct. Friday around 1 a.m. Friday morning. A fire had started in the bathroom near an exhaust fan and had burned into the attic and through the roof.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 8:52:55 AM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

The arrangement for fire and emergency services between Woodland and Clark County Fire & Rescue could become permanent next month. Woodland and fire district voters will decide in the Aug. 4 election whether the district will annex the city into its coverage area. Voters in both the city and the fire district would need to pass resolutions by a simple majority to approve the annexation.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 6:40:02 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

VIDEO: A massive 4-alarm fire tore through a waterfront apartment complex under construction in Everett Thursday, creating a raging inferno that damaged two homes up a nearby hill and partially burning an ambulance and fire truck that had responded to the scene. The fire in one of the two large buildings broke out around 5:45 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Nationwide, firefighter suicides have been growing and are continuing to outpace line of duty deaths. It's a trend that has persisted in the last few years, especially for states like Nevada and California who are hit hardest by wildfires. One study found that 37 percent of fire and EMS professionals have contemplated suicide, nearly 10 times the rate of American adults.
- PUB DATE: 7/17/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRNV-DT NBC 4 Reno