Posted: Oct 2, 2018
Redmond police are searching for an arsonist who’s set more than half-a-dozen fires within the past week.
Most of the fires were set inside parked vehicles, police said. All but one of the fires was out by the time the arsons were discovered. "I opened the window and smoke comes billowing out. Then you just kinda go into shock and start to process what you’re looking at," said victim Bryan Zembruski.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2018 12:37:54 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Oct 2, 2018
The recent spate of cooler temperatures and elevated humidity levels in Eastern Washington has led the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW) to lift fire restrictions on many of the lands they manage there.
According to the manager of WDFW’s Lands Division Cynthia Wikerson, the action is consistent with, and follows a similar lifting of restrictions by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), which is responsible for fire protection on many wildlife areas in the state.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2018 9:40:04 AM - SOURCE: iFiberOne
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Posted: Oct 2, 2018
Firefighters and rescue crews have determined no one was on board a small wooden sailboat that is taking on water in Puget Sound.
The vessel was spotted leaning far to its side about 150 feet off the 11000 block of Arroyo Beach Pl. SW, Seattle Fire officials said.
After determining there was no one to rescue, firefighters have left the scene.
- PUB DATE: 10/2/2018 8:31:01 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000
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Posted: Oct 2, 2018
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The Santa Barbara County Fire Department has a new firefighting tool, paid for by the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians.
The Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians is taking the Santa Barbara County Fire Department to new heights.Â
A customized $1.2 million dollar aerial ladder truck, spanning over 100 feet into the air, now calls Solvang home.Â
The tribe and Solvang also worked together to reconfigure Station 30 to accommodate the 37-foot, Â 77,000-pound truck. Â
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Posted: Oct 2, 2018
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GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department is adding a new truck to its fleet. It's the first truck the department has purchased since 2013 and cost just over a half a million dollars. Chief Pat Parker says it's typical to get new trucks after about 20 years.
Chief Pat Parker says it's typical to get new trucks after about 20 years.
The new truck is replacing one that was purchased back in 1993.
Parker also says the new truck has better gas mileage and new safety features like air bags that the other trucks don't have.
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