In one day, 53 firefighters packed up two fire houses and left behind the stations they knew and loved. That day, Jan. 23, Vancouver’s two new fire stations were deemed complete — complete enough, anyway, to unlock the doors and put the state-of-the-art facilities into service. “It’s definitely still a work in progress,” said Vancouver firefighter and paramedic Pete Adams.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

I had just backed out of a parking space and was adjusting my seatbelt when I noticed that a car parked across from me had its backup lights on. Feeling certain that the driver would notice my car right behind his, I was not concerned. That is, until the car started backing up, right toward me. I tapped the horn, but the car kept coming.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FireChief.com

Firefighting agencies around Washington state met in Tumwater to try and come up with ways to react faster, and in closer coordination, when battling the state’s growing wildfire problem. “We know we don’t have the full equipment, the capacity to be able to fight the fires we’re seeing today,” said Hilary Franz, Washington’s lands commissioner heading the state’s largest firefighting agency, the Department of Natural Resources.
- PUB DATE: 2/2/2018 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

Tacoma first responders are tackling the heroin crisis in a new way. The Tacoma Fire Department is one of the first departments in the state to start giving out rescue kits with Narcan to overdose patients When Tacoma first responders answer a life or death overdose call, they carry Narcan—the drug that reverses the effects of the overdose.
- PUB DATE: 2/1/2018 11:35:02 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Prospect Heights (IL) Fire Protection District 3,000-gallon tanker-pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 350-hp engine; APR 3,000-gallon wetside polypropylene tank; Darley PSM 1,250-gpm pump.