California will hire 393 more firefighters in anticipation of an upcoming wildfire season that has the potential to be even worse than last year’s, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday. The long rainy season promoted heavy growth of grass and other underbrush in which fires can start and spread once the vegetation dries out.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Sierra Star

Fifty-eight homeless men were displaced by a small fire late Tuesday night at the men’s shelter in downtown Vancouver. The fire at Share House, 1115 W. 13th St., was reported at 10:50 p.m. It originated on the top floor in a room shared by two residents, Share Deputy Director Amy Reynolds said. Neither resident was in the room at the time.
- PUB DATE: 8/1/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Columbian

Beaver Lane Fire & Rescue, Marshville, NC, heavy rescue. Spartan Gladiator cab and chassis; Cummins ISX12 500-hp engine; Command Light CL Series Octolight 8-head light tower; 26-foot walk-around rescue body.

These replaced the 1983 Sutphen Engine, the 1995 H&W Engine, and the 2004 Pierce Engine. The City sold the three engines for a combined total of approximately $113,000, which went into the Equipment Rental & Revolving Fund (ER&R) that helped pay for the new engines. Unlike our previous fire engines, these two Spartan fire trucks are identical making training more efficient, easier, and faster.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2019 7:00:50 PM - SOURCE: City of Dupont, WA

Wednesday marked the end of an era for the city of Chelan and one of its top emergency management officials. After ten years of service to the resort town of 4,200 residents, Chelan County Fire District No. 7 Chief Tim Lemon is retiring. “Of the forty years (of his career) this is probably the ten years I enjoyed the most,” Lemon told us.
- PUB DATE: 7/31/2019 5:37:59 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne