Two teenage boys escaped their burning mobile home Wednesday afternoon in the 200 block of Auburn Way South, but Valley Regional Fire Authority firefighters had to rescue two dogs trapped in the home, one of which died. VRFA crews arrived at the home in the Auburn Manor mobile home community within five minutes of the 2:43 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 1:57:05 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter

Since its inception, the Valley Regional Fire Authority (VRFA) has been working to enhance the delivery of services to residents. The Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau (WSRB) just released the grades for the communities that VRFA serves, illustrating improvement in the entire service area. In Auburn, the grading process led to an improvement of their fire insurance classification.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 1:57:05 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue opened its newly renovated Station 60 last month, and with it a state-of-the-art training tower that is the only one of its kind in the department. The tower, located at 17520 22nd Ave E. in Spanaway, will provide indoor fire training to firefighters from its stations in Puyallup, South Hill, Spanaway, Parkland, Midland, Elk Plain and Summit.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 1:51:41 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Although three ladder trucks were present at the high-rise apartment building fire that killed two women Tuesday, the city fire chief says his decision not to deploy aerial ladder rescues for the building’s 150-some elderly residents was the right one. Chief Jay Delaney said the fact that the city’s aerial ladder truck was out of service played no part in the decision to have many of the residents of Lincoln Plaza shelter in place.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Citizens' Voice

Port Aransas Volunteer Fire Department received a fire truck today, donated by the Philomont Volunteer Fire Department from Virginia. The truck was driven from Virginia to Port Aransas by firefighters from Philomont Volunteer Fire Department. "When we saw the flooding and damage on the television we went to county fire chief and asked what we could do to help," said Philomont Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rick Pearsall.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KRIS-TV NBC 6 Corpus Christi