Posted: Jul 23, 2018
Jim Schanel has feared for his life during his four-decade career as a wildland firefighter.
He fought Hayman, Waldo Canyon, Black Forest, the 117.
But the day that haunts him — the day he can’t recall without tears — is June 30, 2013. That’s the day he thought a wildfire had killed his son.
Schanel was battling Colorado’s West Fork fire with a Type I incident management team, protecting structures near the headwaters of the Rio Grande River, when he got a call: “Your son is missing.
- PUB DATE: 7/23/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Gazette
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Posted: Jul 22, 2018
A member of the Orting Fire Department who suffered from PTSD was found dead Sunday. Captain Art Vazquez had been missing since Saturday.
“It’s with a heavy heart that Orting Valley Fire and Rescue and the International Association of Firefighters Local 4459 announce the passing of one of our beloved members, Captain Art Vazquez,” Orting Valley Fire and Rescue said on Facebook.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2018 6:13:16 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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Posted: Jul 21, 2018
Firefighters said two South Pierce firefighters risked their lives to save a young girl with special needs from a burning home in Graham on Friday.
The girl later passed away at the hospital.
Even for firefighters, the call needed them to go above and beyond; an 11-year-old girl was trapped inside her Graham home, engulfed in flames.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 11:44:14 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Jul 20, 2018
Lewis County officials are beginning to discuss what steps they would need to take to eliminate and replace all dashed address numbers within the county. Such a move would be in step with other Washington counties that have made the change with the goal of bettering public safety response times and making life easier for other parties — including mail carriers and utility companies.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 8:45:57 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle
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Posted: Jul 20, 2018
Benton County Fire District #1 has had their hands full with fire calls this summer, but another thing keeping them on their toes is medical calls.
The problem is they don't have any ambulances to take of them.
BCFD #1 is asking residents to vote on a levy that would help them get two ambulances and hire personnel to staff them.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2018 8:00:42 PM - SOURCE: KEPR-TV CBS 19
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