You know you’re getting close once you cross the bridge. There’s a general store and a chapel. And between the two, sits fire station 37. You know it’s Oso, because inside, you’ll find the Harper brothers. Willy is the Chief and Tim is the captain. This time of year is hard. The reason why is just down the road.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 10:51:16 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Jim Kambeitz still remembers when the Portland Fire Bureau visited his grade school to talk about fire prevention. “That had a big impact on me,” Kambeitz, 50, said at Longview’s fire station on Commerce Avenue Thursday. “I remember that when I think about the prevention work we do here: the public relations work that really has a big impact on people and a lot on our students.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 2:24:04 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Firefighters managed to save a man's pet cat from their burning home in Carnation Thursday afternoon. The homeowner was napping just before 2 p.m. when he awakened by his dog barking and noticed a heavy smoke building in his home just off SR-203 near Stillwater Hill. He managed to get out and call for help.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 7:46:20 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

The Ephrata Fire Department has three new lieutenants. EFD veterans Maxwell Yoder, Colleen Winski and Chandler Gribble all received lieutenants badges during a short pinning ceremony at Wednesday night’s regular meeting of the Ephrata City Council. “Each shift will now have a captain and a lieutenant,” said EFD Chief Jeremy Burns.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 5:47:42 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

Making history, Samantha Wright has been named as the Moses Lake Fire Department’s first-ever full-time female firefighter paramedic, according to a press release. Wright will fill one of three new positions with the department that were authorized by the Moses Lake City Council for the 2019 budget year.
- PUB DATE: 3/22/2019 5:47:41 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald