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Posted: Aug 6, 2018

Firefighters prevent RV, shed fire from spreading to home in Clallam County

Firefighters prevented a fire in Gales Addition from spreading to a home that was about 5 feet from a fully engulfed outbuilding Sunday. When firefighters from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 arrived at the fire on the 2300 block of East Fifth Avenue east of Port Angeles at about 2 p.m. Sunday, they saw flames and smoke shooting out of a recreational vehicle and a nearby outbuilding, Assistant Chief Dan Huff said.
- PUB DATE: 8/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Peninsula Daily News - Metered Site
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Posted: Aug 4, 2018

Firefighter airlifted to hospital as Miriam Fire near White Pass rages uncontained

A firefighter was injured Friday while fighting the 700-acre Miriam Fire burning near White Pass. Fire management officials reported that the injured firefighter was airlifted to a local hospital, but further details and his status were unknown Friday evening. The lightning-sparked fire nearly tripled in size Wednesday and Thursday and is zero percent contained.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2018 10:30:19 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic
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Posted: Aug 4, 2018

Chehalis Fire Department Building Evacuated Due To Asbestos

The Chehalis Fire Department’s station was evacuated Friday and remains vacated after asbestos was found while workers removed floor tiles as part of an ongoing renovation process. Per state Department of Labor and Industries Regulations, the fire department cannot use the station until it’s deemed clean by a licensed asbestos abatement contractor.
- PUB DATE: 8/4/2018 10:18:01 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle
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Posted: Aug 3, 2018

Foundation helps put AEDs in fire trucks

Lauren Henry, executive director of the Wayne Hospital Foundation, said the Foundation is able to provide the AEDs at a reduced cost to non-profit agencies through their partnership with Midmark and Spirit Medical Transport. Greenville Rotary also provides funds for the program. The Foundation and its partners pay for two-thirds of the cost and the receiving non-profit pays the other third. Spirit Medical then offers the AED training at no cost to the recipients.

Not only do the non-profits, like Liberty Township Fire, receive the AEDs, the Foundation provides a maintenance program to help replace batteries and pads at a much reduced cost.

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Posted: Aug 3, 2018

Menlo Park FD's Thermal Imaging Drones Flying to Fire Zone

The fire department, working with Alameda County Sheriff's Department, has plans to fly Public Safety Drones over the city of Redding over the weekend to officially document parts of the 125,000 acres, an area larger than the city of San Jose, burned so far by the Carr Fire. 

Carr Fire became the sixth most destructive fire in recorded California history after it destroyed over 1,000 homes and hundreds of other structures in Northern California. 

The Menlo Park Fire Department was one of the first fire departments to adopt drone technology back in 2014. It also used the drones to document the deadly October 2017 Tubbs Fire.

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