"90 percent of our fires are caused by humans," said Washington State Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz. And she's not talking about house fires. Franz is talking about wildfires. She says Washington is leading the nation in size and number of wildfires so far this year, and it’s just getting started.
- PUB DATE: 5/19/2019 5:35:51 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Firefighters put out three building fires in Spokane Valley during an 8-hour period Friday night and into Saturday morning. Spokane Valley firefighters first responded to the 17400 block of E 5th Avenue for a house fire at 11:38 pm. At 1:18 am, they responded to the 16100 block of E. Wabash Avenue for a house fire with reports of people possibly trapped.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2019 4:26:03 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

PHOTOS: People seeing smoke in the area of Highway 195 and White Road are most likely seeing live fire training being performed by firefighters. According to Spokane County Fire District 8, the training was being performed at a home in the area along with the City of Spokane Fire Department. The house is down and may smoke a bit but the training has been completed.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2019 4:25:56 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

VIDEO: A fire aboard three large boats and an adjacent pier sent a huge plume of black smoke skyward Friday over Seattle's Lake Union. Firefighters rushed to the scene, near East Garfield Street and Fairview Avenue East, at about 10:25 a.m. after receiving reports of a marine fire. Air 4 video from the scene showed two boats and a yacht ablaze and spewing smoke.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2019 1:48:42 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

OCALA, FL—E-ONE is beginning delivery of the first of 25 hazmat vehicles to the United States Air Force.

The first hazmat vehicle will be transported to a destination in the Middle East and is painted in a matte finish, desert sand. The additional 24 vehicles will be going to U.S. Air Force bases around the world.  

All 25 of the U.S. Air Force hazmat vehicles are being built on an E-ONE Typhoon^® cab/chassis. Nineteen of the trucks will be 4x2 units and the balance will be 4x4 units.

Each of these hazmat vehicles features:

• Three-door custom E-ONE Typhoon^® cab
• Cummins^® 450-hp engine (or 400-hp export engine) and Allison^® 3000 transmission
• Meritor® axles with up to 20,000 front and 27,000 rear GVW rating
• 12,000 lb Warn Series 12 winch with 125' 3/8" plated cable
• Rear cab command area containing two workstations
• 16-foot nonwalk-in extruded aluminum body design
• Retractable awnings on both sides of body
• Over 700 cubic feet of compartment storage with slide out shelving
• Onan 25-kW PTO generator
• Federal Signal LED warning light package
• 15-foot Night Scan Powerlite light tower with four 1,500-watt 230-volt Optimum quartz light heads

Other options on select hazmat vehicles include cascade breathing air refill stations and automatic tire chains. 

“The Air Force is looking forward to receiving the 25 hazmat vehicles from E-ONE that will replace an aging fleet across the Air Force Enterprise,” said Fred Terryn, Fire Vehicle Program Manager for the U.S. Air Force, who was at E-ONE recently for final inspection of the first of these vehicles. “The new hazmat vehicles from E-ONE will bring us a state-of-the-art apparatus to handle all hazards that we encounter at Air Force Installations on a daily basis.”

Derrick Dias, E-ONE’s Government & Airport Products Sales Manager, said “We are honored the United States Air Force has trusted E-ONE to provide these front line vehicles to our military first responders. We look forward to working with the U.S. Air Force on these apparatus and continuing to provide vehicles that will help them protect lives and property.”

To learn more about E-ONE visit www.e-one.com.