Finding people willing to work as emergency responders is getting to be a tough task. A lack of trained paramedics and emergency medical technicians stresses emergency networks in Aberdeen and surrounding rural areas, said Keith Sharisky with Aberdeen Fire & Rescue. That's why the department is striving to become a paramedic education center that provides new training programs.
- PUB DATE: 7/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse.com

Firefighters and construction technicians finally freed a man whose hand has become caught in an excavator in Bellevue on Thursday afternoon. Crews were working at a gas station in the 13900 block of NE 20th Street when the incident happened around 3:20 p.m., according to Lt. Camari Olson with Bellevue Fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 6:12:22 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Fireworks are the suspected cause of a blaze in a Lake Stevens cul-de-sac that damaged five houses late Wednesday night. The fire in the 900 block of 17th Street Northeast was ruled an accident by the Lake Stevens Fire Department, but details are still under investigation. There were no injuries, but damage was estimated at $1 million.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 5:45:33 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times

The 911 “control room” for the Lewis County Department of Emergency Services doesn’t look pretty — it’s just a bunch of metal boxes in an air-conditioned room. But according to Communications Manager Dave Anderson, those hunks of computer chips and metal have prepared Lewis County for the future of 911.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 5:42:46 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

Spokane County Fire District 8 Assistant Chief of Operations Lonnie Rash was sworn in last month, but he’s no stranger to the fire district south of Spokane and Spokane Valley. He was previously the district’s deputy chief of human resources and support services from 2005 to 2012. “I couldn’t be happier being back in the area and back at Fire District 8,” Rash said.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 5:33:30 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review