Michael Feerer worries homes like those in Bellingham's heavily wooded Sudden Valley neighborhood could suddenly become a thing of the past. "This is why we live here in western Washington," Feerer said. "We've got this wonderful tree canopy that's integrated with our homes." Feerer, Executive Director of the Whatcom Million Trees Project, believes new state building codes aimed at making communities safer from wildfires will end up doing more harm than good.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2023 2:44:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

VIDEO: On Saturday, the Sky Valley Fire Department announced a volunteer firefighter in the force died from a rock-climbing accident. “Unfortunately, he’d only been here a couple of months and had gone through the training and he’d just started his career with us,” said Assistant Chief of Operations Ernie Walters.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2023 2:36:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5 Seattle

New helmet camera footage obtained by FOX 25 shows a closer look at the battle firefighters had to face during a deadly apartment complex fire October 20 in northwest Oklahoma City. According to the Oklahoma City Fire Department, crews responded to a three alarm fire at the Penn Station apartment complex around 7pm that Friday, seeing smoke billowing from the building miles away.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOKH-TV FOX 25 Oklahoma City

VIDEO: A UC Berkeley researcher says that automatic gas shutoff devices, like those used in Los Angeles and Japan, could cut the number of post-earthquake fires in half in San Francisco. But the city of San Francisco has yet to embrace shutoff technology, said Charles Scawthorn, an internationally recognized expert on fires after quakes.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNTV NBC 11 San Jose

VIDEO: The Tellico Village Fire Department is unique in a few ways. First, they say they serve a unique community of people that is growing in age and growing older. Second, they have one of the fastest response times in the state with an average of 4 minutes, compared to a national average of 6 minutes.
- PUB DATE: 10/30/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBIR-TV NBC 10 Knoxville