Ryan Fish was named the new chief of the Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department at the city's Feb. 18 council meeting. A crowd of about 20 people, including several from the department, applauded after Fish's appointment was announced by Mayor Paul Townsend, who gave Fish his badge. "Thank you for stepping up and doing what you do, and what you're going to do for the city," Townsend said.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2020 1:04:40 PM - SOURCE: Grand Coulee Star

Firefighters have put down an apartment fire near N. Stone St. and Main Ave. in Spokane’s East Central neighborhood. The fire was started in the kitchen of a second floor unit, and black smoke was pouring from the upstairs windows. Neighbors in the area say they saw firefighters respond at approximately 7:45 a.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2020 9:47:03 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

The Spokane Fire Department is investigating what started a fire that sent one person to the hospital and left seven people without a home on Wednesday. Spokane firefighters said they received a call about building fire at Stone and Main in east Spokane around 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Residents Ashly Woods and Annette Flinn said they didn't have any time to think.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2020 9:47:03 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

“New heart, new start,” Chambers said Friday while working at the Chimacum fire station. “I get a new start at life.” 

 

by Zach Jablonski Sunday, February 2, 2020 9:38am

San Francisco’s women firefighters are exposed to higher levels of certain toxic PFAS chemicals than women working in downtown San Francisco offices, shows a new study led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, San Francisco, and Silent Spring Institute.
- PUB DATE: 2/26/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: UC Berkeley