Beginning next fiscal year, the Washington Army National Guard will have a new unit primarily focused on firefighting. “The addition of engineer firefighting teams will provide tactical firefighting capability to the Pacific Northwest,” said Brig. Gen. Paul Sellars, commanding general of the Washington Army National Guard.
- PUB DATE: 9/29/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: National Guard

Yakima’s plan for an Upper Valley regional fire authority is off the table for the time being. Yakima City Manager Bob Harrison and Fire Chief Aaron Markham said a feasibility study is on hold due to opposition from the fire districts that would be candidates for joining the proposed authority. “Without any interest from our partners in participating in a regional fire authority, that is no longer an option for the city to consider,” Harrison said.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2023 9:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic - Metered Site

VIDEO: Newly released body cam footage shows first responders in Algona pull an unconscious driver and passenger from a burning car. Over the weekend, Algona Police and Valley Fire crews responded to calls of a car on fire on the roadway along West Valley Highway. The car crashed into a ditch before it caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2023 2:48:35 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13 Seattle

Fire crews worked late into the night to contain a massive fire that engulfed a historic building in Templeton that housed a pub and a pool hall, officials said. The blaze broke out around 10 p.m. at the Otter River Hotel, where open mic night was underway at the Otter River Pub. Fire crews used ladder trucks to fight the intense flames and several nearby buildings were evacuated.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WHDH-TV ABC 7 Boston

PHOTO GALLERY: Hurricane Ian rocked Southwest Florida one year ago. On Sept. 28, 2022, Ian made landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm, devastating Naples and Fort Myers. In South Sarasota County and Charlotte County, flooding caused multiple water rescues. Though the outlook was at times grim and the situations devastating, the Suncoast rallied around one another as we often do.
- PUB DATE: 9/28/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WWSB-TV ABC 7 Sarasota