Right now firefighters are looking into what caused a fire that destroyed a grain elevator in the small town of Winona just outside of Endicott. The first call came in just after 1 p.m. this afternoon with crews responding from all over Whitman County. A fire quickly engulfing a 65-year-old grain elevator.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2019 6:03:56 AM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

Fire District 7 is returning to the voters to ask for a levy lid lift, after a summertime funding request was defeated at the polls. The levy on voters’ current ballots requires a simple majority to lift the lid for one year, then the levy rate will fall after that based on assessed value, said Heather Chadwick, public information and education officer for the district.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2019 2:06:48 AM - SOURCE: Snohomish County News

During a two-alarm fire in Washougal that damaged several businesses, someone captured the moment when two firefighters took the time to save an American flag from the flames. The fire sparked by some sheets that spontaneously combusted at a local laundromat, according to the Camas-Washougal Fire Department.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2019 1:43:08 AM - SOURCE: KPTV-TV FOX 12 Portland

A new state law increases benefits for family members of first responders killed on the job. The legislation, signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Cuomo, increases the cost of living benefits by 3% for spouses of fallen police and firefighters. “Police and firefighters who lose their lives in the line of duty are mothers, fathers, husbands and wives – and the family members they leave behind must be properly cared for,” Cuomo said.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: New York Daily News

Newport Fire Chief William Darin says the department made nearly 5,000 runs in 2018; that includes fire and medical responses. Darin says less than 1 percent of those are for big structural fires. Newport Fire Union President Jake Silvati says the department is understaffed. "We feel that it's not a matter of if something bad happens, it's a matter of when something that happens and we're very concerned about that or concerned about the safety of the citizens and the firefighters," Silvati said.
- PUB DATE: 10/23/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WKRC-TV 12