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

Central Pierce Fire & Rescue opened its newly renovated Station 60 last month, and with it a state-of-the-art training tower that is the only one of its kind in the department. The tower, located at 17520 22nd Ave E. in Spanaway, will provide indoor fire training to firefighters from its stations in Puyallup, South Hill, Spanaway, Parkland, Midland, Elk Plain and Summit.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 1:51:41 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Although three ladder trucks were present at the high-rise apartment building fire that killed two women Tuesday, the city fire chief says his decision not to deploy aerial ladder rescues for the building’s 150-some elderly residents was the right one. Chief Jay Delaney said the fact that the city’s aerial ladder truck was out of service played no part in the decision to have many of the residents of Lincoln Plaza shelter in place.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Citizens' Voice