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Posted: Oct 3, 2019

Accidental Pizza Order 2,300 Miles Away Creates International Friendship Between Firefighters

VIDEO: Some first responders on San Antonio's South Side got a nice surprise for dinner Monday night. A mistake by a fire station in Alberta, Canada led to a pizza delivery in the Alamo City. The Lessler Slave Regional Fire Service in Alberta, Canada meant to feed 60 hungry firemen during a training session earlier this week.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spectrum News
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Posted: Oct 3, 2019

Assistant fire chief with Okanogan County Fire District 3 dies from burns suffered in September forest fire

An assistant fire chief who was badly burned during a forest fire in Eastern Washington last month has died. Christian Dean Johnson, 55, died Wednesday at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, where he had spent the last month in intensive care trying to recover from the fire that left much of his body burned.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Oct 3, 2019

Semi-truck driver arrested for hitting ambulance at I-5 crash scene in Cowlitz Co.

A driver was arrested Wednesday after law enforcement says they hit an ambulance responding to a crash scene on Interstate 5. According to Washington State Patrol, no one was inside the ambulance when the semi-truck hit it four feet off the right hand shoulder of the highway near milepost 26. The semi was headed north on I-5 and crossed the fog line on his side of the road, hitting the entire left side of the ambulance, which was new, according to authorities.
- PUB DATE: 10/3/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KPTV Fox 12 News
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Posted: Oct 2, 2019

Walk this way: Students, staff, leaders join Safe Kids Seattle-South King effort

City and school leaders joined the Valley Regional Fire Authority and Kent Police for International Walk to School Day with Washington Elementary students Wednesday morning. Escorted by police, a throng of students walked down East Main Street to school – symbolic of the Safe Kids Seattle-South King, a nonprofit organization’s effort to promote pedestrian safety and healthy behavior and prevent potential injuries from car-versus-pedestrian-type incidents.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2019 7:00:46 PM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter
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Posted: Oct 2, 2019

South County Fire invites public to welcome new fire engine

The public is invited to join firefighters in welcoming South County Fire’s newest fire engine with a traditional roll-in ceremony on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 8 a.m. at Lynnwood Civic Center Fire Station 15. During the ceremony, those in attendance will push the new engine into the firehouse. This custom dates back to the 1830s and the days of horse-drawn equipment, which could not be easily backed into the station.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2019 4:43:39 PM - SOURCE: Lynnwood Today
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