Riverside Fire Authority, the Chehalis Fire Department and Lewis County Fire District 6 will share a $695,170 grant to buy new safety equipment for their agencies, they announced last week. “We jointly submitted a grant between RFA, District 6 and Chehalis to replace our self contained breathing apparatus,” said Chief Ken Cardinale of the Chehalis Fire Department and Fire District 6.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2019 3:45:26 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Interim Update

Following the adjournment of the 2019 Legislature in April, attention has focused primarily on Governor Inslee’s presidential campaign, as well as the House Democrats’ decision on who would succeed Frank Chopp (D-43, Seattle) as Speaker of the House.  A handful of other changes at the Legislature have also occurred.

Governor & Statewide Elected Office News

The first major domino has fallen as Governor Inslee has given up his presidential campaign and will be running for Governor a third time.  With the decision, many top-level Democrats will remain in their current positions rather than challenging the incumbent Governor.  State Attorney General Bob Ferguson has pivoted to running for re-election as AG...

A taco truck in Richland was destroyed by flames on Monday night. According to Richland Fire Battalion Chief Brenda Rodgers, the fire broke out at Wild Taco just before 9 p.m. on Aaron Drive and Wellsian Way. She said two people were inside at the time, but fortunately, they escaped. A patron outside was also uninjured.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2019 5:51:28 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

The body of the Captain Michael Bell who died Monday in the explosion in Farmington will return home Tuesday morning. Fire Capt. Michael Bell, 68, was a 30-year-member of the Farmington Fire Rescue and died in the powerful, apparent gas-related blast at LEAP Inc., that leveled the building, killing Bell and injuring seven others.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NewsCenterMaine.com

Twenty Prince George's County firefighters have scabies, a highly contagious condition in which tiny mites burrow under the skin and cause severe itching and rashes, fire and health officials announced Monday. Prince George's County Fire Chief Ben Barksdale said 205 employees of the department were tested.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WRC-TV NBC 4