The firefighters union in San Antonio revealed more details about its proposal for an independent health care trust on Tuesday, requesting a $19,000-per-employee payment from the city every year for the next five years to fund the trust. The San Antonio Professional Firefighters Association is asking for an independent health care trust that it can manage itself, removing it from the city’s purview.
- PUB DATE: 3/28/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Antonio Express-News

Pierre Part (LA) Volunteer Fire Department pumper. Igniter cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pump; 1,000-gallon polypropylene tank; 20-gallon foam cell.

Lewis County is bolstering efforts to complete construction of the fire station in Mossyrock, sponsoring a grant application for $650,000 to seek federal funds for the project. “I appreciate the support that we’ve been getting from the county on this,” said Fire District 3 Chief Doug Fosburg. “Phase 2 of this will provide sleeping quarters, a training area and a community room with a kitchen to support the (emergency) shelter.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2019 7:22:49 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Seattle police have arrested a woman suspected of string of arsons in the SoDo neighborhood area earlier this week. According to a news release from Seattle PD, investigators believe the 31-year-old woman first set five small fires in a construction site in the 2400 block of 3rd Avenue just before midnight on March 24.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2019 6:54:46 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

Two people are dead after a fatal shooting that led to a car crash Wednesday afternoon in an incident along Sand Point Way in Northeast Seattle, police and fire officials said. The incident began when shots were fired near Sand Point Way and Northeast 125th Street, Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb said.
- PUB DATE: 3/27/2019 6:40:31 PM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio