Since the beginning of this school year the Montesano Fire Department has been running a fire cadet program in cooperation with the Montesano Junior/Senior High School. The program is in its first year and is open to high school juniors and seniors. Classroom work is held during the course of the week while participating students benefit from hands-on training in an all-day session one Saturday per month.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 3:18:58 AM - SOURCE: The Vidette

In one corner, people clutched papers, trying to figure out how to fund disaster relief. In another, a team worked on assigning staff to the makeshift shelters housing hundreds. In yet another, leaders decided what actions to take and how to communicate with all the other teams and the media. In a flurry of activity and communication, several city leaders from both Anacortes and around the region, met last week to figure out what to do in case of an emergency.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 2:14:59 AM - SOURCE: Go Anacortes.com

Two teenage boys escaped their burning mobile home Wednesday afternoon in the 200 block of Auburn Way South, but Valley Regional Fire Authority firefighters had to rescue two dogs trapped in the home, one of which died. VRFA crews arrived at the home in the Auburn Manor mobile home community within five minutes of the 2:43 p.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 1:57:05 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter

Since its inception, the Valley Regional Fire Authority (VRFA) has been working to enhance the delivery of services to residents. The Washington Surveying and Rating Bureau (WSRB) just released the grades for the communities that VRFA serves, illustrating improvement in the entire service area. In Auburn, the grading process led to an improvement of their fire insurance classification.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 1:57:05 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter