Yakima firefighters are taking steps to prevent preteens and young teens from starting fires, which firefighters say is a recent trend in Yakima. The city and the Yakima Fire Department (YFD) said Thursday they have encountered an uptick in fires that are intentionally started by kids between the ages of 11 and 14.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 4:50:29 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Santa Clause is coming to town with help from Bothell firefighters this year as local IAFF members prepare for their inaugural food and toy drive. Currently, about nine local firefighters are decorating their truck with holiday lights in preparation for the three-week charity drive. The firefighters will spend their free time during three days over three weekends from 5-6 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 1:03:13 PM - SOURCE: Bothell Reporter

Fire Station Outfitters recently launched a new Web site located at https://firestationoutfitters.com/.

Fire Station Outfitters is committed to providing long-lasting, tough, resistant, and strong furniture that is fair and reasonably priced. It is committed to providing customer service that is unparalleled in today’s furniture industry.

It is a family-run business that began selling sofas and recliners into firehouses in the United States and have now expanded across the pacific to Australia. The owners noticed that high-quality, durable furniture was in high-demand in many aspects for firehouses and expanded the company's product scope to include bed frames, mattresses, and wardrobe furniture.

Use the Web site for information on the company's product and to order furniture online.

Four Longview families were displaced by two different fires Wednesday evening, according to the Longview Fire Department. Three of those families were involved in an apartment fire reported at 5:45 p.m. in the 1900 block of Dorothy Street. Battalion chief Troy Buzalsky said the department “redeployed” fire crews from another potential fire reported in West Longview, and units from as far away as Kalama were also sent to help.
- PUB DATE: 12/6/2018 11:03:05 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News