Whitman County Fire District 12 bought a new ambulance to be housed at station No. 1, which is located on West Main Street. The ambulance cost around $187,000, said Lee Druffel, Whitman County Fire District 12 commissioner. “We were ready to become a transport agency,” said Mirenda Stenbakken, Whitman County Fire District 12 emergency medical services chief.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 4:45:31 AM - SOURCE: Daily Evergreen

At least three boats were damaged in a fire at Seattle's Lakewood Moorage marina on Lake Washington Sunday night. "The plume of smoke and fire going up into the sky -- you knew it was the marina right away," said witness Ari Hoffman. "'There was a two story boat that you could see was on fire -- you could see the whole thing going up.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 2:13:15 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

At least three boats were damaged in a fire at Seattle's Lakewood Moorage marina on Lake Washington Sunday night. "The plume of smoke and fire going up into the sky -- you knew it was the marina right away," said witness Ari Hoffman. "'There was a two story boat that you could see was on fire -- you could see the whole thing going up.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 2:13:15 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A 40-year-old corporate jet pilot, is the new chief of the city’s 115-member volunteer fire department. Mayor Richard Dziekan administered the chief’s oath to Robert Laskowski, Jr., a 22-year member of the East End Hose company, before more than 100 people Saturday morning at Derby Middle School. Laskowski’s wife, Melissa, pinned the chief’s badge on her husband’s uniform.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Connecticut Post

As Engine 33 of the Buffalo Fire Department battled an intense fire in the attic of an East Side home Thursday night, a firefighter became separated from his hose, disoriented and couldn't find his way out. He tried to press the "man-down" button on his portable radio but was unable to. He took his gloves off in an effort to activate the button but could not, causing severe burns to his hands and wrists.
- PUB DATE: 1/14/2019 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Buffalo News