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Posted: Mar 10, 2018

Spokane Co. firefighters send station shirts to NY teen fighting cancer

Firefighters across Spokane County are helping out a New York teen battling cancer. 16-year-old Timothy Richardson is a firefighter-in-training from New York. He is asking other firefighters for support after being diagnosed with leukemia in early March. While he says his cancer is treatable and he is getting chemo for the next month, his battle with leukemia will likely last years.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2018 10:08:25 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2
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Posted: Mar 10, 2018

Smoking-hot deal: Fire District 21 buys land near Arlington

Snohomish County Fire District 21 has purchased land south of Arlington to build a second station. The five acres on McElroy Road, off Burn Road, cost $121,000. The sale closed Feb. 9. The price was lower than the assessed value for the property. “We got it for a smoking hot deal,” Capt. Branden Bates said.
- PUB DATE: 3/10/2018 6:51:39 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site
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Posted: Mar 9, 2018

Cowlitz County commissioners to make decision on 911 separation

Cowlitz 911’s long road to independence is coming to an end one way or another Tuesday night. The Cowlitz County commissioners will vote during a 6 p.m. public hearing on an ordinance creating the Cowlitz 911 Public Authority, which will make the police and fire dispatching agency independent from the county.
- PUB DATE: 3/9/2018 7:53:10 PM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News
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Posted: Mar 9, 2018

Driver Killed, Pregnant Pedestrian Critically Injured After Crash Between Fire Truck And Car

Investigators say the collision happened at 12:15 p.m. Friday as the fire truck was responding to a report of the smell of smoke.

According to investigators, the fire truck drove through a green light at Rhode Island Avenue and 12th Street, NE, when a gold car coming through intersection was t-boned by the fire truck.

Fire officials say the driver of the gold vehicle was trapped in the collision and then extricated. He was taken to the hospital where he passed away. The pregnant victim was taken to hospital in critical condition. A firefighter also suffered minor injuries.

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Posted: Mar 9, 2018

Aliquippa donates old firetruck to department in Dominican Republic

Typically, old Aliquippa equipment and fire apparatus are stripped of elements useful to the department and scrapped. That, officials assumed, would be the fate of the 26-year-old truck.

Plans changed when members of the department learned about a New Jersey-based group that refurbishes old fire equipment and donates it to departments in the Dominican Republic.

It seemed like a good idea to help others in need, so Foringer and his fellow firefighters began making plans.

He reached out to Mayor Dwan Walker and eventually to the city council. Members approved Foringer’s motion, giving the all clear for the department to donate the truck from the city as a whole.

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