VIDEO: In just one week, thousands of firefighters from across the world will climb the Columbia Tower in Seattle for a great cause. But on Sunday, firefighters from Spokane County Fire District 9 settled for a StairMaster at the Fred Meyer off North Division instead. The stairclimb team -- made up of 16 firefighters -- asked for donations for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society while switching off on the stair climber.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2019 6:40:02 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

One woman and a firefighter had to be treated for minor injuries after a house fire Saturday night. At about 7:00 p.m., crews responded to the 4000 block of N Pittsburg St. after reports of heavy black smoke coming from a home, according to the Spokane Fire Department. Crews found heavy smoke coming from the front door and significant fire throughout the first floor of the home.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2019 2:19:36 PM - SOURCE: KAYU-TV MyFox Spokane

Not long ago, had you asked Lou Franchino, a Spokane firefighter for 23 years, if he would ever return to work, he would have said no. He was experiencing extended bouts of insomnia. While awake, he described a near-constant state of anxiety. Traumatic calls flashed through his head at a breakneck pace: People who shot themselves in front of their family members, people who died in fires, from sudden infant death syndrome or a heart attack at a family dinner.
- PUB DATE: 3/3/2019 5:12:40 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

Spokane County Fire District 10 (SCFD10) officially kicked off new efforts to recruit volunteer firefighters this month with the hiring of its first-ever division chief of recruitment and retention, largely paid for by a highly competitive Federal Emergency Management Agency grant. The four-year grant awarded in September 2018 funds two-thirds of the new position, which will focus on building up the pool of volunteer members for SCFD10.
- PUB DATE: 3/2/2019 6:09:55 PM - SOURCE: Cheney Free Press

South County Fire reports that it saw a 25 percent increase in 911 calls over five days during the recent winter storm. The department operates 14 neighborhood fire stations to serve more than 250,000 residents in Brier, Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace and unincorporated south Snohomish County.
- PUB DATE: 3/1/2019 1:02:28 PM - SOURCE: Edmonds Beacon