Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue officials say additional staffing is needed to keep up with higher call volumes. Calls for CKFR have been on the rise – increasing 35% in the last five years. In 2022, the district responded to 11,062 calls, of which 67% were for emergency medical services. Revenue, however, is not keeping up with the demand for and costs to provide such services.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Kitsap Daily News

PHOTOS: A person is recovering from minor injuries after a tree falling left them trapped in their car Tuesday afternoon. Tacoma fire posted on X that a large tree fell on a vehicle in the 4700 block of S. 48th St. at 12:50 p.m. Pictures posted by Tacoma fire show that at least two cars were under the fallen tree.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC/CW 4 Seattle

Fire district leaders in Port Angeles and Sequim have agreed to a plan that sees three agencies automatically respond to and/or back each other up during a structure fire. The move for an Automatic Aid Operational Plan started at a June meeting between Clallam County Fire District 2, District 3, and Port Angeles Fire District leaders and elected officials where they agreed to work with PenCom, Clallam County’s 9-1-1 center, to better collaborate fire/EMS response depending on location.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette

Seattle Fire Department crews responded to a fire inside an electrical vault early Wednesday morning. The fire caught in what SFD describes as a “utility space” at 23rd Avenue East and East John Street. Crews were able to secure the scene and turn it over to Seattle City Light roughly an hour after the fire started.
- PUB DATE: 1/10/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

PHOTOS: An explosion that blew out at least two floors of a high-rise hotel and injured nearly two dozen people in downtown Fort Worth on Monday afternoon is suspected of being caused by a natural gas leak, according to the ATF and Fort Worth Fire Department. The explosion was reported at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Hotel in the 800 block of Houston Street at about 3:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 1/9/2024 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAS-TV NBC 5 Fort Worth