Grant County Fire Marshal Bruce Gribble says a teenager has admitted to starting Wednesday’s wildfire that damaged several structures near Soap Lake. One residence and three outbuildings were lost in the about 20-acre blaze started behind a home at 20070 Road B.5 Northeast. A pile of lumber also caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 12:58:24 PM - SOURCE: iFiberOne

HAWTHORNE, NV (ABC15) - Officials say two Arizona firefighters who were returning home after battling the Carr Fire in California were involved in a rollover crash.

On Monday, the firefighters were on the way back from their assignment when their engine blew a tire and it rolled on U.S. Highway 95 just outside of Hawthorne, Nevada, a spokesperson said.

The men were extricated from the engine and airlifted to a Nevada hospital to be treated for non-life threatening injuries. 

Fire Engineering and International Society for Fire Service Instructors (ISFSI) are seeking nominations for the 2019 George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award. This award is presented every year at the Fire Department Instructors Conference (FDIC) International in Indianapolis. Next year's convention will be held from April 8-13.

Ths award recognizes individuals for extraordinary accomplishments in fire service training. The winner of the George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award

• will have displayed a deep commitment to furthering the cause of the fire service through training;
• will have advanced the cause of firefighter operational effectiveness and safety;
• will have gone above and beyond the call of duty in training;
• will have brought creativity and innovation to fire training programs, or will have shown great persistence in pursuing an innovative program; and
• will have served as a positive model for other fire instructors and firefighters throughout the country.

To nominate someone, please download this PDF (691 KB). Nominations must be received by December 31, 2018. Send them to Diane Rothschild, George D. Post Instructor of the Year Award, Fire Engineering, 21-00 Route 208 South, Fair Lawn, NJ 07410-2602. dianer@pennwell.com.

More about the ISFSI at https://www.isfsi.org/

Unhealthy smoky air from wildfires is blanketing the Northwest. The National Weather Service says Washington state had the worst air quality in the country Wednesday. In Chelan and Wenatchee the air quality Wednesday reached the hazardous level, prompting Chelan County officials to distribute masks.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 7:45:09 AM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Death came in an instant. And as never seen before in California history. The Redding firefighter who died on July 26 as the fast-growing Carr Fire hit its apex was in fact killed by a fire tornado, the most intense tornado ever in the state, according to a report The Chronicle obtained Wednesday. The monster tornado with a base the size of three football fields and winds up to 165 miles an hour swept down upon Jeremiah “Jeremy” Stoke in mere seconds, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection report.
- PUB DATE: 8/16/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: San Francisco Chronicle