The City of Longview is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Kambeitz as its interim fire chief effective September 17, 2018. He has been the City of Longview fire marshal for over 15 years and says, “I am honored to continue to serve the citizens of Longview.” Kambeitz has been in the fire service since 1987 where he has served as a firefighter, hazmat tech, fire inspector, deputy fire marshal and fire marshal.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2018 9:35:10 PM - SOURCE: Longview, WA

The potential consolidation of Aberdeen and Hoquiam fire and ambulance services took another step forward Monday when the Hoquiam City Council approved funding for a study to explore consolidation options. A letter presented Monday signed by Hoquiam Mayor Jasmine Dickhoff, Aberdeen Mayor Erik Larson and Cosmopolis Mayor Frank Chestnut, addressed to members of all three city councils, began, “We write to seek your concurrence to initiate an effort to explore and plan for the consolidation of services between our three cities.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2018 9:19:49 PM - SOURCE: The Daily World

The management of the 41,324 acre Cougar Creek Fire will be transitioned Wednesday evening from a Type 1 Incident Management Team to a Type 2 team. Northwest Incident Management Team 10 will assume control of the fire from Pacific Northwest Team 3. Another Type 1 Team took over management of the fire starting August 4th after it was started by lightning on July 28th.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2018 3:22:44 PM - SOURCE: KPQ-AM 560