Posted: Oct 8, 2018
After months of trading barbs from a distance, Mayor Sylvester Turner and the head of Houston’s firefighters’ union met in a vigorous but civil debate Saturday, displaying their fundamental differences over just about everything related to the November ballot referendum that would grant firefighters pay “parity” with police officers of corresponding rank and seniority.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Houston Chronicle
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Posted: Oct 8, 2018
An Everett marina was evacuated Monday morning after an intense fire broke out in a boathouse there.
A fireboat and other crews responded to the scene, in the 1700 block of West Marine View Drive, at about 8 a.m. after receiving reports of smoke and flames. Police evacuated boaters from the Central "G" Dock at the Port of Everett while firefighters battled the flames, which sent a plume of black smoke towering over the Everett waterfront.
- PUB DATE: 10/8/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Oct 7, 2018
A fire meant to burn a pile of clothes spreads to an apartment deck in Kennewick.
Firefighters were called out to the On The Boulevard apartment complex near Steptoe Street and West Gage Boulevard Saturday night. When crews got there, a fire was burning on an apartment deck. Once put out they discovered Kali Beacham, 21, attempted to burn a pile of clothes on the barbecue.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2018 12:50:32 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews
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Posted: Oct 7, 2018
Two people were killed Saturday night and two injured, one of them with life-threatening injuries, in a single-car crash in the Hockinson area, Clark County authorities said.
Rescuers responding to a 911 call made at 11:22 p.m. found the car on fire at Northeast 182nd Avenue and 139th Street.
One of the dead victims — identified as Isabella P.
- PUB DATE: 10/7/2018 8:55:33 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian
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Posted: Oct 7, 2018
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The Moffat Volunteer Fire Department honored a former fire chief Saturday by naming its fire station after him — the Hal Pagel Fire Station.
Pagel was the Moffat fire chief for 20 years — and a firefighter for 42 years — before he retired on Aug. 1, 2015.
He was lured to the surprise celebration under false pretenses, and the expressions on his face as Dennis Fender, a truck driver and ordained minister, made a speech about Pagel’s contributions were best described as stunned at first and then overcome with emotion.
Fender, with a quivering voice and tears in his eyes, has spent almost three years on a mission to honor Pagel, he said.
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