Yakima County Fire District 5 conducted a wildland training field day for new and current firefighters on Sunday morning in Wapato. The training took place west of the intersection of Philip John Road and North Olden Way. The new firefighters learned how to operate pumps, how to fight fire with fire and how to create fire breaks.
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Homeowners near East Valley High School had an early wake-up call Saturday morning, when they heard a loud noise around 9:45 a.m. Homes in the area started to shake. "To move a house and shake everything from a percussion from an explosion like that is pretty large," neighbor James Beamish told KHQ.
- PUB DATE: 6/9/2018 6:04:24 PM - SOURCE: KHQ-TV NBC 6

Two teenage boys have been arrested in connection with an arson last week that caused extensive damage to the Lake Stevens Boys & Girls Club, police said. The two suspects, a 13-year-old and a 16-year-old, were identified based on a tip from a neighbor. Both have been booked into the Denny Juvenile Justice Center, a Lake Stevens police spokesman said.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2018 10:37:06 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

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A D.C. firefighter will not be charged in a violent crash that killed a man and injured two other people. DeAngelo Green, 32, was driving a car involved in a crash with a fire truck heading to a call March 9. Green was pulled from the wreckage but pronounced dead at a local hospital, a D.C.

 

A D.C. firefighter will not be charged in a violent crash that killed a man and injured two other people.  

The truck was impounded as evidence, but the department received a letter saying it can have the truck back.

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Holmen, WIS. (WKBT) - Update: In a four to two vote, the Holmen Area Fire Board approved the purchase of the new truck. Representatives from Holmen and the town of Onalaska voted in favor of the purchase, while the town of Holland voted against it. The total cost of the truck will be $861,000.

The total cost of the truck will be $861,000. Each of the municipalities are expected to pay a third of the total cost by July 10th. The board's president said it is important to buy the truck now because the price will increase to more than $1 million in the future. Steve Johnson, president of the Holmen Fire Board, said the truck could be delivered by the end of July. After three days of training, it could be in service at the beginning of August.

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