Posted: Mar 1, 2020
VIDEO: Two dozen emergency workers are off the job as they are being monitored for possible exposure to the coronavirus.
Earlier Saturday evening, KIRO 7 was told it was seven fighters but that number climbed to 25, adding two police officers who are being quarantined.
Fire station 21 in Kirkland has a sign up tell people to keep out, including firefighters based there.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2020 9:40:40 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6
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Posted: Feb 29, 2020
The Spokane Valley Fire Department extinguished a mobile home fire around 3:30 Saturday afternoon. The department said no one was inside when it started.
It sparked on the 17000 block of 5th Avenue around 3:30 p.m. Twelve units responded to the fire, including engines from Spokane Fire District 8, according to a press release.
- PUB DATE: 2/29/2020 5:38:32 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4
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Posted: Feb 29, 2020
The Chelan County High Angle Rescue Team rescued a climber Thursday morning in Pine Canyon after the climber injured his leg.
About 9:15 p.m., RiverCom dispatchers received a report from passing motorists of potential flames on a hillside in Pine Canyon, near milepost 142 on Highway 2, according to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2020 9:31:55 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne
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Posted: Feb 28, 2020
Cowlitz County Department of Emergency Management lifted a shelter-in-place advisory overnight for residents living within a two-mile radius of an industrial fire in Longview. Thursday night, fire officials asked residents in the area to stay indoors and keep windows and doors closed.
The two-alarm fire is at J M Huber Corporation, which is at 3400 Industrial Way.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2020 7:42:39 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle
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Posted: Feb 28, 2020
King County Fire District 27 of Fall City filled four empty firefighter positions with volunteers.
The volunteers were hired as paid firefighters on Jan. 15. Three of the new firefighters already had experience at King County Fire District 27.
The new members are Dylan Lindberg, Parker Dumas, Noah Fleming and Parker McKinnon.
- PUB DATE: 2/28/2020 1:43:13 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record
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