A fast moving brush fire developed Thursday afternoon in the 2700 block of Number Two Canyon Road above the Gun Club and spread slowly to about 50 acres to the top of the ridge with Number One Canyon. The area near the fire in #2 Canyon is on a LEVEL 1 advisory for residents 1 mile up canyon and 1 mile down canyon of Gun Club.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 6:07:57 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

In her 21 years with the Auburn Fire Department and Valley Regional Fire Authority, Janeen Ruge, Auburn’s first female firefighter, delivered at least five babies and calmed many frightened patients. As a certified member of VRFA’s Technical Rescue Team, she plucked imperiled people from fast-moving waters, handled hazardous materials, and helped with structural collapses and rope rescues.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 1:04:36 PM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter

Residents of Clark County can use fireworks to celebrate Independence Day in unincorporated parts of the county from 9 a.m. to midnight on July 4. “Even though fireworks are offered for sale starting on June 28, remember that they are not allowed to be used until July 4,” Interim Fire Marshal Dan Young said in a news release.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 1:00:20 PM - SOURCE: TheReflector.com

Four outbuildings were lost in a fire up Nahahum Canyon in Cashmere Wednesday. Chelan County Fire District 6 Chief Phil Mosher says when crews arrived, a fairly large structure was fully involved in flames. “That extended to a pumphouse, and another shed, and another good-sized outbuilding. It then spread in the tall grass a little ways, but we were able to corral that.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 12:47:48 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

Things are good at San Juan Island Fire and Rescue, according to Chief Norvin Collins, and he said he’s interested in seeing what life will be like for emergency services post-COVID-19. “Things were fine before — doing all-hazard, getting out and taking care of the community,” Collins, a firefighter with three decades of experience, said.
- PUB DATE: 6/18/2020 2:09:59 AM - SOURCE: Journal of the San Juans