A man grinding metal started a half acre brush fire off of Road 96 in Pasco on Sunday afternoon. Crews were called out to the fire at around 4 p.m. They say the man was using a piece of equipment to grind metal when the grass caught on fire, and the high winds caused the blaze to quickly spread. Firefighters were on the scene for a couple of hours trying to put out the blaze and making sure there were no more hot spots.
- PUB DATE: 9/16/2018 6:29:04 PM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Three people narrowly escaped getting caught in a fire Saturday afternoon on the Yakima Greenway. The people were inside a small encampment between trees when firefighters alerted them to the fire, said Yakima Fire Capt. Brandon Dormbush. Dormbush said the people were gathering their belongings and barely made it out, with 15-foot-tall flames close behind them.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2018 11:19:27 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

The South County Fire Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved a resolution supporting a ballot measure to fund replacement of the county’s aging 911 radio system. Snohomish County Proposition 1 will be on the ballot for county voters in the Nov. 6 general election and seeks a sales tax increase of one-tenth of one percent to replace the 20-year-old Snohomish County Emergency Radio System that firefighters, police and dispatchers use to communicate when responding to 911 calls.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2018 3:33:20 PM - SOURCE: MLTnews.com

Every Tuesday night, the team at South Whidbey Fire/EMS trains to keep skills sharp and to adopt new requirements and techniques for first responders. Recently, the focus was on organizing and running a multiple casualty incident (MCI) with Incident Command System, “SALT triage” and communication training.
- PUB DATE: 9/15/2018 2:12:26 AM - SOURCE: South Whidbey Record