An unknown suspect broke into a Randle Fire Department substation within the last month, damaging a door, its frame and a fire department truck parked outside. According to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office, damage was estimated at around $250. Although a door was broken and someone may have gained entry, Fire District 14 Chief Jeff Jaques said there didn’t appear to be anything missing in the building.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Daily Chronicle

Dona Ana County 14, Las Cruces, NM Fire Department Ahrens-Fox rescue-pumper. HME 1871 Spectr cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 2,000-gpm pump.

Central Whidbey Island Fire and Rescue is not only geared up to fight fires, but now also has new gadgets to recruit and retain volunteers. Training Capt. Jerry Helm showed off his new purchases of items such as a tent, iPads, TV monitors, signs of all shapes and sizes and a trailer to carry it all in at a recent fire commissioners meeting.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2018 1:46:00 AM - SOURCE: Whidbey News-Times

A massive three-alarm fire burned an Everett appliance store Friday evening. The fire at the Judd & Black Appliance Store broke out just after 7:30 p.m., according to Steve Goforth with Everett Fire. Initial reports are it began in a dumpster and spread to the building, but as of midnight on Saturday, those reports appear to not be true.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2018 10:37:10 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Federal Emergency Management Agency recently awarded a pair of grants worth more than $500,000 to South Thurston Fire & EMS, which serves Tenino among other locales. The larger of the two grants, a Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant worth $478,904, will be allocated over four years towards recruiting, training and retaining volunteer firefighters.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2018 8:23:59 PM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle