The state Legislature is on track to approve Senate Bill 6058, a Key Peninsula Fire District 16-inspired measure to change existing law granting it the authority to provide basic care and preventive medicine to anyone in the community. State Sen. Emily Randall (D-26th, Bremerton) agreed to sponsor the bill and found four other co-sponsors.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Key Peninsula News

Firefighters rushed to put out a fire at a home in Kennewick, saving a rabbit along the way. Around 1:00 a.m. Sunday, crews responded to the home near Arthur Place and Fifth Avenue. Flames could be seen coming from the house when they arrived. The homeowners were able to safely get out. Firefighters put out the fire and found out there was possibly a rabbit in the basement, according to the Kennewick Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2020 11:54:58 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

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

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

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