An overfilled propane tank prompted an evacuation at a Tieton Drive nursing home Thursday afternoon. Yakima firefighters were called to Willow Springs Care and Rehabilitation, 4007 Tieton Drive, around 1:35 p.m. on a report of a gas leak from a 50-gallon propane tank. An employee of Amerigas had delivered fuel to the nursing home for its backup generator and overfilled the tank, said Michael Cleveland, Willow Springs’ administrator.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 5:34:55 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

The Moses Lake Fire Department has received a grant to help fund three new firefighter positions. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, awarded the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant, providing about 75 percent of the total cost of wages and benefits for the first two years of the program, with a third year moving to 25 percent of wage and benefits.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 12:49:58 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

VIDEO: Everett firefighters spent Thursday afternoon watching for any flare ups at a vacant home that went up in flames around 11:30 a.m. in the 3200 block of Lombard street. The fire started less than 8 hours after two people were arrested inside the home. “I felt intense heat permeating through our drywall,” said Demetrus Badua who lives behind the burning house.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 12:37:23 PM - SOURCE: KOMO News 1000 AM and 97.7 FM. Seattle

Police are investigating two fires set off in the restrooms at Azalea Park on two September Saturdays in a row. Authorities later determined that these fires were intentionally set by an unknown arsonist. The first arson happened on Sept. 14 at the park located at 6604 Azalea Way SE in Snoqualmie. A resident was in the park and discovered the fire that self-extinguished, said Joan Pilego, communications manager for the city.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 1:42:01 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record

They call themselves New York’s Best — but when it comes to pay, FDNY EMS members say they get the least. At a raucous rally Wednesday outside City Hall dozens of city medics and their supporters called on Mayor de Blasio to close the long-standing pay gap between Emergency Medical Service employees and other uniformed workers like firefighters and cops.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News - Metered Site