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

A firefighter has been identified after he was killed and two others injured in a crash in eastern Rowan County Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened at 1:22 p.m. on Gold Knob Road. Highway Patrol says the firefighter was in a pick-up truck and responding to an accident call when he crashed into a Ford Mustang.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WBTV-TV Channel 3

A series of clashes between the Baltimore Fire Department and bicycling advocates has sparked concern among City Council members who are frustrated about how a feud over emergency access to streets with bike lanes has helped stall several development projects. First, a Baltimore firefighter was charged with assaulting a city employee at a meeting about bike lanes in what a witness says was a “violent choking.
- PUB DATE: 7/5/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Baltimore Sun