The Yakima Fire Fighters Association is asking for an apparatus plan that was approved in 2015 to be put in effect. In that plan each fire engine would have a 12-year lifetime service. However because of funding the plan has not moved forward. The City Of Yakima Spokesperson said “the idea is if there is an inventory of the things we believe we'll need and if we have the money available we will go ahead and do that.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 10:27:35 PM - SOURCE: KNDO-TV NBC 23 Yakima

Off-duty firefighters around the region came to the rescue on their days off to save homes threatened by the Sumner Grade Fire Tuesday and Wednesday. Firefighters have been working around the clock, on the clock, to fight the brush fire between Sumner and Bonney Lake, which has burned 800 acres, destroyed four homes and forced hundreds of evacuations.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 8:46:50 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

A firefighter was injured while fighting the Manning Fire, the Southeast Washington Interagency Management Team confirmed Wednesday. According to a release, the firefighter was treated immediately and taken to a hospital in Colfax for minor injuries. Crews were able to treat the firefighter while maintaining the fire line.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 7:56:10 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

Homeowners in Malden and Pine City will be allowed back into city limits for the first time since a devastating wildfire burned the majority of homes and buildings in the area. Level 3 evacuations have been in place since Monday, when the fire quickly swept through both towns. No one was killed, but only a handful of structures remain.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 10:29:36 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4 Spokane

A wildfire that's forced hundreds of evacuations in Pierce County has tripled in size since Tuesday morning and is threatening more homes. The Sumner Grade fire in the Bonney Lake-Sumner area has burned more than 150 acres and destroyed four homes, forcing more Level 3 (get out now) evacuations overnight.
- PUB DATE: 9/9/2020 9:52:42 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle