VIDEO: Howard County Executive Calvin Ball on Wednesday announced that the County’s Department of Fire and Rescue Services’ (HCDFRS) Waterloo Fire Station has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). This achievement is underscored by the integration of eco-friendly elements, including reflective concrete, low-flow water appliances, a geothermal system for HVAC, energy efficient boilers, EV charging stations and rooftop solar panels.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Howard County Maryland

VIDEO/PHOTOS: One firefighter was injured responding to a large fire at a vacant building Tuesday night in the Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle, according to the Seattle Fire Department (SFD). The SFD said callers reported heavy smoke from a commercial building with boarded-up windows and doors in the 4200 block of Rainier Avenue South around 6:30 p.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

A Burbank-area fire district will have to work with the funding it has to maintain current services because voters rejected the proposed property tax levy increase, according to final election results. The outcome of the ballot measure in Walla Walla County Fire District No. 5 was decided by just six votes.
- PUB DATE: 11/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Walla Walla Union-Bulletin - Metered Site

The Puget Sound Fire Department battled a residential fire in the 26600 block of 216 Avenue South East Wednesday afternoon near Ravensdale. Once they arrived, the first responders said they noticed a fire on the second floor of the building. Firefighters extinguished the flames in about 40 minutes.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2023 9:37:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

VIDEO: A Snohomish County home was destroyed Wednesday in a suspected gas explosion that’s being investigated by federal officials. Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue crews responded to the explosion near 197th Street Southeast and 25th Drive Southeast in North Creek, which is north of Bothell. The explosion was heard and felt a “long distance away,” according to the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 11/29/2023 6:25:52 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle