Looking a the numbers at the end of the first year of the Racine Fire Department’s home visit program, department Division Chief Brian Wolf said he’s seen how the program “is greatly needed.” For its first year, the program has been focused on cardiac patients. Fire Chief Steve Hansen said the department’s partners in the program at Advocate Aurora and Ascension All Saints would like to see the program expanded, but the department’s plan is to grow the program incrementally.
- PUB DATE: 12/27/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Journal Times - Metered Site

Kennewick officials are still looking for a new fire chief for the department. Back in September, former fire chief Vince Beasley was fired from his position. The city has been looking for someone since. They said they have a few candidates, but wouldn't specify how many. "There will be additional interviews set up and there's also a lot of participation with our fire department and other community leaders that we really vet the top candidates to make sure they're the right fit for the department and able to take our fire department to the next level," said city spokesperson Evelyn Lusignan.
- PUB DATE: 12/26/2019 6:40:30 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

VIDEO: A fire on Christmas evening burned a 10,000 square foot mansion to the ground in Edmonds. The fire happened around 6:40 pm and firefighters scrambled to keep neighbor’s homes safe. “They were up on top spraying each house. It was probably the biggest Christmas bonfire I’ve ever seen,” said Dennis Fitzgerald, who lives a couple of houses down.
- PUB DATE: 12/26/2019 3:48:47 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Allen Church was just a kid when his dad, a former captain with the Tacoma Fire Department, took him to see the aftermath of the Port of Tacoma Pier 7 fire in July 1963. Once he saw the scorched engines, the destroyed docks and the blackened debris leftover from the hours-long battle against the flames, Church, who is retiring as South King Fire and Rescue’s fire chief this month, knew this was the career for him.
- PUB DATE: 12/26/2019 1:02:00 PM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

Firefighters extinguished a fire at an abandoned house on Kent’s West Hill in the 2500 block of South 272nd Street. The fire broke out at about 6:06 p.m. on Dec. 23, according to a Puget Sound Fire news release. Seven units responded, including Valley Regional Fire Authority and Tukwila Fire. The first arriving crew was familiar with the location down a long dirt driveway as there had been several fires here in the past.
- PUB DATE: 12/26/2019 1:01:35 PM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter