The Everett Fire Department is among the first 25 agencies nationwide to be awarded a National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) grant. The grant allows the department to participate in the first round of the NFPA Community Risk Assessment (CRA) pilot project, which will eventually have 50 participating agencies.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: MyEverettNews.com

Medical Lake has had its own fire department since 1904, but voters could decide next month to eliminate the department and transfer the city’s one fire station to Spokane County Fire District 3. If a simple majority of voters in both Medical Lake and Fire District 3 approve ballot measure 1 on Aug.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

Hutchins (TX) Fire Department, 100-foot rear-mount aerial platform quint. Gladiator LFD cab and chassis; Cummins X15 565-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

A fire in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest grew from 20 acres to 160 acres as of Thursday as embers from the fire jumped outside fire lines. “We’ve been somewhat successful in dealing with those spot fires, but the fire perimeter is larger now,” Naches Ranger District spokesman Randy Shepard said, adding that the Left Hand Fire was not contained.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2019 7:56:29 PM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

Sheriff Jerry Hatcher with Benton County Sheriff's Office has confirmed that the two people killed in this morning's Prosser house fire were children; a 7-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy. Firefighters pulled the two children out of a house fire in Prosser early Thursday morning. Benton County Sheriff's Deputies say fire engines were called out sometime after 5:50 a.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2019 5:12:49 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23