Lieutenant Barry Narrin has a challenge for area fire departments. Narrin’s part of the Otter Lake Fire Dept., and he and his fellow volunteers will be spending their free time installing fire safety kits in 36 homes in the Otter Lake area, completely free for both the homeowners and the department itself.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Lapeer County Press

Firefighter Thomas Harwell says it's always been in his blood to help people, and not just when he's on the clock. He, his wife Shayla and their 2-year-old daughter were at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo featuring Brad Paisley Saturday when they saw an elderly woman struggling to get down the stairs of the stadium with her daughter and two granddaughters.
- PUB DATE: 3/18/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN

The Arlington Fire Department and North County Fire & EMS are partnering to provide more services to their residents and businesses. The city will be hiring a deputy chief – medical services administrator, and North County Fire is hiring an assistant chief for community risk reduction, serving as fire marshal.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2019 9:14:30 PM - SOURCE: Marysville Globe

Firefighters at Station 1 in Spokane Valley made a discovery in a melting snowbank. They found what appears to be a fuel siphoning hose that still smells like gasoline. Firefighters don't know when the fuel theft happened, but believed it was sometime in the last several weeks, judging by where the hose was found in the snow bank.
- PUB DATE: 3/17/2019 6:45:03 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

VIDEO: 58-foot commercial fishing vessel tied up at Squalicum Harbor suffered heavy damage and created a plume of black smoke visible through much of Bellingham Saturday morning after catching fire. “Any time you have a boat fire, it can be extremely dangerous,” Bellingham Fire Department Battalion Chief Cary Gustafson told The Bellingham Herald, referencing chemicals, heavy machinery and booms that can all be part of marine fires.
- PUB DATE: 3/16/2019 5:55:51 PM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald - Metered Site