Posted: Nov 15, 2019
Voters overwhelmingly approved a Medic One levy that will fund countywide emergency medical services (EMS) for 2020-2025.
Unofficial results as of Nov.8 showed 79.1 percent of voters approved the measure.
This levy replaces an expiring Medic One levy that has provided critical funding to the EMS system for the past six years.
- PUB DATE: 11/15/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Woodinville Weekly
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Posted: Nov 14, 2019
PHOTOS: Around 10:50 a.m., firefighters from Snohomish County Fire District 4 responded to 8300 Riverview Rd for a reported car off the side of an embankment. First arriving crews found a red passenger car off the road down an 80ft embankment with the driver still inside the car. With knowing the complex nature of the rescue, on scene crews immediately requested assistance from the Snohomish County Technical Rescue Team.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 3:35:41 PM - SOURCE: KNN News Maven
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Posted: Nov 14, 2019
One person was seriously injured in a two-alarm fire on Van Giesen Street in West Richland Thursday afternoon, according to Chief Bill Whealan with Benton County Fire District 4.
Firefighters responded to a burning mobile home South 39th Avenue and Van Giesen Street across the street from the West Richland Police Department around 12:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 3:30:26 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews
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Posted: Nov 14, 2019
A commercial building destroyed in a three-alarm fire last month in Ballard is being demolished, under orders from the city of Seattle.
The fire caused about $3 million in damage and destroyed four businesses - Kitchen n’ Things, La Isla, Supercuts, and Coleman Jeweler. A fifth business, the Pho Vietnamese restaurant, was heavily damaged.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 1:46:39 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News 1000 AM and 97.7 FM. Seattle
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Posted: Nov 14, 2019
Jeffery and Daynese Stowe of Roxborough will be the first African-American father and daughter to actively serve as firefighters at the same time in the history of the Philadelphia Fire Department.
Daynese was scheduled to graduate from the Philadelphia Fire Academy on Wednesday. The same day, Jeffery, who is the Deputy Chief Aide for the Philadelphia Fire Department, will celebrate his 30th anniversary of being a firefighter.
- PUB DATE: 11/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Philadelphia Tribune
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