Mike Kitsock never thought he’d still be fighting fires as a sexagenarian. But such is life for Kitsock, 66, in a land where volunteer ranks have dwindled and old wooden homes can quickly turn to ash. “We get a daytime call, I’m hoping there’s two or three others who show up with me,” said Kitsock, who still runs with the Seltzer Hose Company in Norwegian Township in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WSKG-FM 89.3

The Department of Natural Resources is asking fire departments around the state to report their use of any firefighting foam that contains perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances. A news release said the University of Wisconsin-Madison Survey Center is conducting a statewide survey on behalf of the DNR to locate the usage of PFAS in firefighting foams.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Channel 3000 - WISC-TV CBS 3 Madison

Eleven people, including several children and animals, were rescued Thursday from an apartment complex that flooded in Issaquah after heavy rainfall. In the last 48 hours, about 2.5 inches of rain fell near Issaquah, according to the National Weather Service. Eastside Fire and Rescue crews had to inflate rafts to rescue residents who were unable to evacuate the Park Shore apartment complex on their own.
- PUB DATE: 2/7/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

An early-morning fire destroyed a trailer full of books and a nearby structure on the 257000 block of U.S. Highway 101 on Thursday. Crews arriving at the scene east of Port Angeles between Shore and Blue Mountain roads reported heavy fire showing from a travel trailer quickly spreading into the trees and adjacent structures, Clallam Fire District 3 Assistant Chief Dan Orr said in a press release.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2020 2:40:20 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News - Metered Site

For the third time in eight days, firefighters from the Yakima Fire Department responded to a blaze at an abandoned nursing home. The latest fire was reported at 2:30 a.m. Thursday at 115 N. 10th St., according to Yakima Fire Department Chief Aaron Markham. “This one didn’t really amount to much,” Markham said.
- PUB DATE: 2/6/2020 11:47:02 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site