With the resignation of Arlington's Fire Chief Bruce Stedman, Deputy Fire Chief Dave Kraski will be named acting fire chief and the City Council was asked this week to approve a professional services agreement with former Deputy Fire Chief Tom Cooper to provide consulting support to the fire department.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2017 3:55:03 PM - SOURCE: North Couty Outlook

Even after a week of much cooler temperatures and rain, Washington's six large wildfires continue to burn. Here is an update from north to south. Diamond Creek Fire 75% contained. It is about 11 miles northwest of Mazama and has covered almost 130,000 acres since it started in July. Uno Peak Fire 20% contained.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2017 6:22:45 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

A Herron Island woman woke up to flames burning her bedsheets Saturday morning in a fire that burned her home to the ground, according to the Key Peninsula Fire Department. Crews were dispatched to the home in the 200 block of Fir Lane about 8:30 a.m. By the time firefighters reached the island by ferry, they arrived to see the 900-square-foot home engulfed in flames, Key Peninsula Chief Guy Allen said.
- PUB DATE: 9/24/2017 2:56:11 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

In August of 2017, Boise Mobile Equipment (BME) partnered with Sutphen Corporation as part of the Sutphen dealer network program, becoming its official sales and service representative in the Western United States.

The two manufacturers agreed that BME would be the official Sutphen dealer for fire apparatus sales in California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming. This means that Boise Mobile Equipment will fulfill orders for the manufacturing of Sutphen fire apparatus to fire departments in the western region.

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