The best kind of training is training that most closely mirrors real life circumstances. The Yakima and West Valley Fire Departments are looking forward to unique training opportunities later this year in light of school demolitions scheduled for the West Valley School District. Apple Valley and Summitview elementary school buildings are coming down later this fall to make room for new schools which will give the firefighters a couple of months and a couple of big building in which to practice.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 1:47:43 PM - SOURCE: KIT 1280-AM & 99.3-FM

Pasco Police are investigating after a a pickup truck was found burning in a dirt field at about 5:30 a.m. Tuesday near Burns Road and Road 52 in Franklin County, just north of Pasco. Firefighters put out the fire and told officers that it looked like it was intentionally started. The truck had plates registered to a company in the 300 block of N.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 11:45:17 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Six firefighters from the Yakima City Fire Department participated in the Portland Stairclimb Challenge this weekend to raise funds to fight against cystic fibrosis. Firefighters from across the northwest raced up 40 floors and 800 steps of the U.S. Bancorp Tower in full gear. This year, the Yakima firefighters raised just over $1,000 that will go toward research to find a cure for cystic fibrosis, care and education programs.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 7:14:37 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Bob Burdett was nearing the end of his bicycle ride just before noon on Sept. 15 to meet his son, Gabe Burdett, for an afternoon of mountain biking at Riverside State Park. The 62-year-old had already pedaled several miles from his South Hill home along High Drive Parkway, by High Bridge Park and across sections of the Centennial Trail.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 3:37:55 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian - Metered Site

VIDEO: Two businesses sustained heavy damage after a fire broke out Tuesday night at a shopping center in Puyallup. It happened at Valley Plaza shopping center in the area of E. Main Avenue and 15th Street SE. There are at least eight businesses in the shopping center, but the fire was contained to two businesses -- a shoe repair shop and a dry cleaner -- thanks to quick thinking by responding firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2019 2:01:44 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13