Karla Moran was visiting her mother around 8:50 a.m. when she heard an explosion from across the road in the Ridgeview Estates mobile home park. “We came out and everything was engulfed,” Moran said. “It was a hot fire.” When Yakima Fire Department Shift Commander Jennifer Norton arrived, the flames had spread to a second home on the east side, which was burning on the inside.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 11:18:20 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Lewis County Fire Crews cleaned up at the awards portion of the 95th annual Washington State Firefighters Association conference Sunday night in Wenatchee. Lewis County Fire District 3 in Mossyrock took the top honor, winning the 2018 Washington State Fire House of the Year award. “This award recognizes model volunteer fire departments in Washington,” according to a news release from the Association.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 10:41:18 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

Marysville Police have arrested three teens they suspect were involved in a trio of fires set outside Pinewood Elementary schools over the past week. Just after 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, firefighters extinguished a small fire in a green recycling bin near the gym. On Monday, firefighters found a dumpster fire outside the school just after 2:15 a.
- PUB DATE: 5/24/2018 8:02:15 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Reelcraft’s new Series L NM400 cord reels are NEMA 4 rated and designed for indoor and outdoor use. The reels include a guide arm that is adjustable every 5 degrees over a 270-degree arc, allowing for the exact configuration to suit a wide range of applications. The containerized drive spring allows for safer, easier handling during maintenance. The heavy duty cast aluminum design and yellow powder coat finish combine to produce a rugged, corrosion-resistant product.

For more information, visit www.reelcraft.com.

MT. VERNON, MO—Reyco Granning introduces the next generation IFS suspension family proudly branded ComfortMaster. The first two platform variants will be based on 17,000-pound GAWR and 20,000-pound GAWR systems available for shipment November 26, 2018. Additional capacities are in development and new configurations will follow.

ComfortMaster is the latest generation IFS and will be the direct replacement for the popular IFS17S3, IFS18S3, and IFS20S3 product families. After a brief overlap period these existing Transit Bus and Motorhome IFS products will be phased out to make way for production of the new ComfortMaster series.

The system comes as a complete module without any loose parts. It includes subframe/cradle, power steering gear, steering linkage, and all components to make it a unitized bolt-in system.

ComfortMaster features a Nitrogen charged and sealed McPherson-style strut architecture. The Nitrogen strut integrates the functions of: spring, shock absorber, king-pin, and upper control arm into one component making the unique construction light weight and efficient. “The tidy packaging of the strut affords the highest possible wheel-cut angle allowed by today’s tire manufacturers; at a true 60-degree vehicle maneuverability is simply unprecedented” said John Stuart, President.

Reyco Granning completed subjective and instrumented performance evaluation comparing the ComfortMaster to both legacy Reyco Granning products and the leading competitor product. The on-vehicle evaluation clearly demonstrated a best-in-class ride and handling performance. For example on a key handling metric the lane change lateral acceleration was improved by 29 percent. On a key ride metric, the vertical acceleration was improved by 32 percent. “With some iterative tuning we were able to achieve the holy grail, improving handling without compromising ride” said Raoul Steenekamp, VP Engineering.

The ComfortMaster is ready for your application and is Reyco Granning’s most thoroughly validated product to date including on-vehicle testing, lab testing, and field testing.

For more information, visit www.reycogranning.com.