The Spokane Fire Department announced full-time paramedic staffing at all of its 16 fire stations. The announcement comes after the launch of paramedics being staffed at Spokane Fire Station #8 during all shifts. "The overwhelming majority of emergencies that we respond to involve a medical nature and the complexity of those incidents are ever-increasing," said Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaffer.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 3:48:28 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Autopsies completed after the devastating cabin fire that killed a family of five in Brinnon “revealed no indicators to suspect foul play,” said Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Haas. “It’s shaping up to look like a horrible accident,” he said Tuesday afternoon. Haas said more information from the autopsies would be released after he had spoken to the victims’ family members.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 9:12:36 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Authorities in Grant County have lifted all evacuation notices as crews work to contain a wildfire burning grass and brush in Central Washington. Fire officials said Wednesday that one small outbuilding was lost but no injuries have been reported. The wildfire has burned about 3 square miles in a sparsely populated area north of the city of Soap Lake.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 9:09:05 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Skagit County’s Department of Emergency Medical Services debuted Tuesday the framework for a plan to revise the ambulance system. At a meeting of EMS stakeholders, county EMS Director Jeff Sargent presented an eight-point list of initiatives the department wants to implement during the next six-year EMS levy cycle.
- PUB DATE: 6/13/2018 7:36:33 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)