Scottville-Modesto Fire Protection District, Scottville, IL, top-control pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISB 360-hp engine; Waterous CS 1,250-gpm pump.

Someone set four more dumpster fires Sunday in Seattle's Phinney Ridge, Ballard and Magnolia neighborhoods. The fires are the latest in a string of at least 20 fires that have been intentionally set in north Seattle dumpsters since December 21, 2017. The four newest fires included one that ignited material in a dumpster at 5425 Russell Avenue NW in Old Ballard and 4704 17th Avenue NW.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2018 9:58:24 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13

A Longview fire Friday engulfed the 300 block of Beech Street in white smoke and took 30 minutes to extinguish, according to officials. Longview and Cowlitz 2 firefighters responded to the scene at about 4 p.m. and discovered that a workshop had caught fire and then spread to the house through a broken kitchen window, Battalion Chief Troy Buzalsky said Saturday.
- PUB DATE: 1/7/2018 2:12:14 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

An early-morning phone call may have saved the lives of residents when a fire broke out Saturday in a Pasco apartment complex. A resident at the Tri-Cities Vista Affordable Housing complex called property manager Adelita Alvarado around 2:30 a.m. to say something was going on at the building and she needed to get out there.
- PUB DATE: 1/6/2018 10:26:46 PM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald

In an emergency situation, most of us know to call 911. But what if that wasn’t possible? Imagine an active-shooter situation, where talking into the phone would give away your location. Or you’re a victim of domestic violence, and whispering into the receiver puts you in danger. In 11 of 39 counties in Washington, people can actually text their emergency to a dispatcher.
- PUB DATE: 1/5/2018 5:05:46 PM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13