VIDEO: A veteran firefighter who died a hero was remembered by hundreds at a memorial service on Thursday. Assistant Fire Chief Christian Johnson passed away earlier this month from injuries he sustained while fighting the Spring Coulee Fire. Johnson was fighting the fire in early September when flames overcame him.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 5:00:38 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

The East County Fire and Rescue (ECFR) fire district has agreed to sell one of its five stations to the city of Washougal. Washougal City Council members voted to approve the execution of a purchase agreement of $335,000 for the Station 95 building at their Oct. 14 meeting. Washougal City Manager David Scott said the 5,215-square-foot facility, located at 211 39th St.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 1:05:18 PM - SOURCE: Camas-Washougal Post-Record

Spokane County's Emergency Management Office has always shined brightest on the county's darkest days. Examples are the 2015 windstorm and the 2018 Upriver Beacon Fire, where the entire region worked together to repair nature's wrath. But now the City of Spokane is launching a new, independent Office of Emergency Management next year.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 1:46:43 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6 Spokane

More firefighters have died by suicide than in the line of duty over the past year, according to the Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance. The numbers are staggering. According to Jeff Dill, founder of FBHA, in the past seven days, eight firefighters across the United States have taken their own lives.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WXIA-TV NBC 11 Atlanta

It was a hot, windy day in Southern California when a trash truck caught fire and the driver dumped the burning garbage on the side of the road. Minutes later, powerful winds blew the flames across a hillside and into a mobile home community, killing two people and destroying dozens of homes. No California law governs how trash haulers respond to a fire in their truck, leaving it to the waste industry to provide guidance.
- PUB DATE: 10/24/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNBC-TV NBC 4 Los Angeles