Firefighters worked Tuesday morning to extinguish a blaze burning an abandoned commercial building in Hillyard. One person described by fire officials as a squatter escaped from the building and said he was unsure if others were inside. Firefighters used thermal imaging equipment to check and could not find anyone else.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 9:36:07 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

An Elma man who murdered his house guest, then set his own house on fire will likely be spending much of the rest of his life in prison. Jacob Eveland, 37, was sentenced to 50 years Monday for the killing of Roy Jones. The 47-year-old Jones had been house-sitting for Eveland while Eveland served a 30-day jail term for domestic violence assault.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 8:18:17 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

In this short video, Ricky Riley, fire apparatus manager for the Prince George’s County (MD) Fire/EMS Department and member of the Fire Apparatus & Emergency Equipment editorial advisory board, provides a short tour of this 2017 Pierce Arrow XT tower ladder that features a completely refurbished 75-foot 1973 Baker Aerialscope.

South King Fire & Rescue firefighters and other local first responders first met Kylee Kuo April 6 at her grandmother’s house in Federal Way when they helped deliver the precocious baby intent on making an early arrival into the world. They met the now 7-month-old and her family for a second time at a — planned — special reception Monday at SKFR station 62 in Federal Way, where Kylee and her unconventional birth were once again celebrated and the infant received cuddles, two firefighter-themed onesies and the chance to meet her namesake, King County Medic One paramedic Kyle Waterman.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 6:29:05 AM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

The city of Everett is appealing an October ruling by a state labor-management board that said it must negotiate minimum staffing levels with firefighters. City attorneys filed paperwork Nov. 1 in Snohomish County Superior Court, asking a judge to review the ruling. Staffing levels are a “fundamental prerogative of management,” and the budget process, the city said in court papers.
- PUB DATE: 11/7/2017 5:11:42 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site