Lieutenant Whitney Mansfield believes "Day in and day out, someone in this profession should strive for sleep, nutrition, activity and affection in order to be successful." He chooses to live this way because he is person who has spent his adult life giving back to his community -- and because it suits him.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 9:21:48 AM - SOURCE: Snohomish County News

An arson spree in North Seattle nearly caught one home on fire. Police said a man set at least eight fires Tuesday morning in Phinney Ridge, Wallingford and Green Lake Park and investigators don't think he planned to stop there. People who escaped some of the fires are relieved the man has been caught.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 7:53:01 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

In preparation for William Pernett’s final day as fire chief at North Whatcom Fire and Rescue (NWFR), fire commissioners voted on November 15 to appoint assistant chief Joe Noonchester to the position on an interim basis. “My goal is to continue where fire chief William Pernett left off,” Noonchester said in an email.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 5:28:43 AM - SOURCE: Northern Light

A rural residence east of Port Angeles was destroyed by a fire Tuesday afternoon after flames that began in the daylight basement chased the owner, poet and professor emeritus Alice Derry from the deck of her home. Derry, 71, of 1862 Deer Park Road, was not injured in the blaze reported at 2:43 p.m.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 3:34:09 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Long Beach City Council voted Tuesday, Nov. 20 to rename a Fire Department training center after David Rosa, the captain who was killed on duty earlier this year. The facility, at 2249 Argonne Avenue in the Stearns Park neighborhood, will now be called the “Captain David Rosa Regional Training Center.
- PUB DATE: 11/21/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Long Beach Press-Telegram