Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority recently added two new engines, one in Kent and one in SeaTac. The two new Pierce Enforcer engines went into service as Engine 77 in Kent and Engine 47 in SeaTac. SeaTac contracts with Puget Sound Fire, which broke off from the city of Kent in 2010 when voters approved a regional fire authority funded by property taxes and fire benefit charges (a variable rate fee).
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 3:00:52 AM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

A renewal of Clallam County Fire District 3’s Emergency Medical Service (EMS) levy will continue for 10 more years starting Jan. 1, 2021. Voters in Clallam and Jefferson counties approved the EMS levy of $0.50 per $1,000 of assessed property value with 5,684 yes votes (72.81 percent) to 2,122 (27.19 percent) after initial general election counts were released Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 2:27:29 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette - Metered Site

A resident escaped injury when a fire destroyed a house off West Beach Road on North Whidbey Sunday. Firefighters from North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, the Oak Harbor Fire Department, Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue and Naval Air Station Whidbey Island responded to the Van Dam Road residence around 12:50 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 1:44:00 AM - SOURCE: Whidbey News-Times - Metered Site

VIDEO: West Metro firefighters got a glimpse at what could be the future of public safety Tuesday. It was all part of a competition to see which product prototypes help firefighters best navigate dangerous conditions. All of the devices were incorporated in the firefighter’s gear and involved haptic technology, which involves using a vibration or touch sensation to communicate which direction to go in a dangerous or hectic situation.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KCNC-TV CBS 4 Denver

There was “no way in hell” Victoria Sinclaire was rebuilding in Paradise. She’d thought she was going to die during the six hours it took her to escape the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in California history. The town where she’d raised her family was nearly wiped out, two of her three cats had disappeared into the flames, and she “was done.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: NBC Bay Area News