Vashon Island Fire & Rescue has reached a new agreement with the local firefighters’ union that ensures a minimum of three career firefighters will be on duty at all times, while the district continues to train new volunteers and evaluates its new part-time staffing program. This agreement with the union, finalized on Jan.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2018 1:03:53 PM - SOURCE: Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

The Tri-Cities just keeps growing, and that's why nine new firefighters are joining the Pasco Fire Department. The unique thing about this recruiting class is these firefighters are training with other departments. This time, it's Richland and Pasco working together. This gives them the chance to get to know each other before there's a real emergency.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2018 8:12:47 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Diamond Point residents look to rally the community and local Boy Scouts to help improve Diamond Point Airport 2WA1’s helipad. Currently, the helipad is a 40-feet-by-40-feet mowed space along the airport’s runway with four inconspicuous white concrete blocks, but with funds and support, members of the Diamond Point Airport Association, or DPAA, hope to create a safer hub for airlifts to Seattle.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2018 1:48:24 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette

VIDEO - It has been a rough month for first-responders in rural Berkeley County. A few weeks ago a firm hired to assess 26 volunteer departments released its findings from an independent fire study and determined, what a lot of those departments already knew, they are underfunded, understaffed and under pressure.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Berkeley Independent

Roughly two-thirds of the firefighters in South Tucson have now indicated they will resign by the end of the month, leaving residents of the small city wondering if there will be enough personnel to adequately respond to emergencies. A former South Tucson firefighter claimed that due to the mass resignations there are two days next month where only one Fire Department employee is scheduled to work on a specific shift.
- PUB DATE: 2/14/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Arizona Daily Star