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

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

Chelan County Fire District 1 responded to a structure fire at 12:19 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. The fire was off of Searles Road in Malaga. “When fire crews arrived they found a garage detached from a single wide mobile home with fire along one side of the garage,” said Chief Brian Brett. Crews were able to knock down the fire to the exterior of the building with minor extension on the inside.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2019 4:39:40 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560

A fire destroyed a barn on Boston Harbor Road Northeast Monday morning, according to South Bay Fire District 8, but the animals inside got out unharmed. The road was closed for several hours, Lt. Robert Gormley said. About 10:30 a.m., fire crews were dispatched to the fire on Boston Harbor Road Northeast and 47th Avenue Northeast.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2019 3:46:22 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

PHOTO: South Whidbey Fire / EMS responded to reports of a couple of four-legged Whidbey residents that needed rescuing over the course of two days. Sunday morning, the fire district received a report of a horse stuck in a marshy area near Lone Lake. The owners found her up to her neck in mud after searching for two hours that morning when she didn’t arrive at the feeding area, according to an incident report.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2019 1:51:10 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record