Sonoma County’s top elected and administrative leaders all agree if another major disaster struck the region today, one key aspect of their response would be different than when the historic wildfires ignited five months ago: They’d use mass cellphone alerts to warn the public about the emergency. And if rainfall from this latest storm triggered dangerous debris flows in the county’s fire-scarred hillsides, a team of designated staff members would immediately jump into action.
- PUB DATE: 3/6/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Whispering Pines Volunteer Fire Department, Rapid City, SD, Wildland Type 6 flatbed pumper. Dodge 5500 cab and chassis; Cummins 160-hp engine; 400-gallon polypropylene tank.

Whispering Pines Volunteer Fire Department, Rapid City, SD, Wildland Type 6 flatbed pumper. Dodge 5500 cab and chassis; Cummins 160-hp engine; 400-gallon polypropylene tank.

One person was found dead early Monday after firefighters extinguished a blaze at 623 Duryea St. in Raymond. According to a statement from the Raymond Fire Department, firefighters responded to a structure fire just before midnight Sunday and found it fully involved when they arrived and threatening a neighboring home.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 9:07:50 PM - SOURCE: The Daily World

Bellingham Fire crews responded to an appliance fire at the Whatcom County Juvenile Detention Center at 4:55 p.m. Monday. No injuries were reported, according to Assistant Fire Chief Bill Hewett, and the facility did not need to be evacuated. “They were able to move some of the kids around in the center to safe areas, and we weren’t required to do a full evacuation,” Hewett said.
- PUB DATE: 3/5/2018 5:52:00 PM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald