With the most dangerous wildfire season anticipated for the entire state, crews over at Yakima County Fire District 5 were getting their hands dirty, training to fight deadly and devastating wildfires. “With the potential of this year’s fire season, they're gonna step up and between the structure fires, aid calls, and the wildland fires, these guys are gonna do a lot of good work and save a lot of people," said Yakima County Fire District Five Captain Dave Martin.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2019 5:26:49 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two Kent residents were displaced Friday morning after their home caught fire in the 12400 block of SE 275th Place. The fire was reported at 9:40 a.m. after the homeowners heard their smoke alarm activate, according to a Puget Sound Fire news release. When they investigated, they found fire and smoke in the garage.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2019 7:44:21 PM - SOURCE: Kent Reporter

Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies have released photos of a fast-moving fire that consumed a semi-truck loaded with hay Wednesday. The semi was on State Route 260 near milepost between Connell and Kahlotus when the fire broke out. Fortunately, the driver was able to escape without injury, but the truck and load are total loss.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2019 7:36:57 PM - SOURCE: KORD-FM 102.7

During the 2015 Okanogan Complex Fire, state Rep. Joel Kretz saw where a fire line was put in Aeneas Valley. “There was a cooperative effort done down there between the feds, the state and private landowners where they had — I don’t know how many miles long it was — a corridor,” said Kretz, R-Wauconda.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2019 5:57:12 PM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World

City officials from across Lewis County welcomed the action taken this week by the Board of County Commissioners to send a letter to Thurston 911 Communications (TCOMM) asking it to participate in a feasibility study of the potential regionalization of emergency dispatch services. County officials decided to send the letter requested by TCOMM leadership following months of informal discussions between the two bodies, as well as talks between Lewis County staff and city officials who remain concerned about county 911 communications operations.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2019 4:41:03 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle