For at least three decades, voters in Key Peninsula have routinely approved six- or 10-year tax levies to fund emergency medical services provided by Fire District 16. Now the district, also known as the Key Peninsula Fire Department, is asking voters to make the levy permanent. “The community has passed this levy time and time again, so it’s clear they want to support EMS services,” said Chief Dustin Morrow.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The News Tribune

Jackson Center (PA) Fire Company 77-foot aerial ladder quint. Cinder cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,750-gpm pump; 500-gallon polypropylene water tank.

The chief of the West Thurston Regional Fire Authority says more than a dozen career firefighter positions could be cut and two of the department's four full-time fire stations could close if a maintenance and operations levy proposal fails in the up-coming primary election. Property owner Jim Elsner supports the levy.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2019 7:51:28 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A brush fire burned about 40 acres Tuesday afternoon on Bureau of Land Management property west of Moses Lake. The fire was first reported about 2:30 p.m. along North Frontage Road, near Hiawatha Road and Road A Northeast, about 10 miles west of Moses Lake. Grant County Fire District 5 Capt. Travis Svilar said a total of about 15 fire trucks were on scene to contain the blaze.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2019 7:35:26 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

Frames and piping are going up at a pair of bond-funded fire stations that Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue plans to have operational by early 2020, and the agency is hoping to bring back some features earlier considered too costly. The new stations at Baker’s Corner in West Longview and along West Side Highway in Lexington are part of a voter-approved $11 million improvement project, which includes purchase of a new fire engine and equipment for the stations.
- PUB DATE: 7/30/2019 4:42:24 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News