VIDEO: An internal investigation has been opened to look into the procedures and training protocol of the Saint Joseph County Dispatch Center. ABC57 is still following the New Year's Eve tragedy that killed four-year-old James and his sister, two-year-old Natalie Kleven and left mother, Brook, and her 3-month-old son in critical condition.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2020 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBND-LD ABC 57 South Bend

Clark County Fire District 6 will make Kristan Maurer the first female chief in the district's history. She will be sworn in officially on Jan. 7. Just how rare are female chiefs? In the male-dominated profession of firefighting, there are only approximately 50 female fire chiefs across the 29,000 districts in the United States and around a half-dozen are in the state of Washington.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2020 11:43:23 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV NBC 8 Portland

Multiple semis are destroyed after a massive blaze broke out at the Harms Pacific Transport property in north Franklin County. Firefighters responded to the fire at 3220 North Glade Rd. shortly before 10:00 p.m. Saturday. Arriving crews found semis on fire. Franklin County Fire District #3 upgraded to a second alarm, requesting more water tender trucks and manpower from fire agencies across the Tri-Cities.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2020 9:45:40 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

No one was injured in an early-afternoon fire that damaged a tri-level home in the 5600 block of 169th Place Southwest in Lynnwood Saturday. According to South County Fire spokesperson Leslie Hynes, the fire was reported around 12:50 p.m. Hynes said “at least one person” was at home when the fire broke out, but got out safely.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2020 3:44:22 PM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today

The Bainbridge Island Fire Department has inked a new contract for Fire Chief Hank Teran. The board of commissioners for the fire department recently approved an updated employment agreement with Teran, and the new contract will run through Dec. 31, 2024. The board of commissioners last approved a contract renewal for the chief in December 2016.
- PUB DATE: 1/4/2020 3:20:21 PM - SOURCE: Bainbridge Island Review - Metered Site