The fire has displaced 10 to 12 people after spreading to two neighboring mobile homes, according to Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD) Public Information Officer Travis Patterson. No injuries have been reported, though there were instances of minor smoke inhalation that did not require medical treatment. The fire is currently under investigation and the cause remains unknown. The mobile home was reported to be fully engulfed in flames.

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The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) says three people were trapped in a car that turned on its side in a crash on I-5 in Seattle on Sunday afternoon. Crews responded to the crash near the Boylston exit on southbound I-5. The three inside were rescued and brought to Harborview Medical Center. Officials haven’t said what caused the crash.

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A new push in Olympia could make a temporary program permanent, allowing rural fire districts to call in aircraft early during wildfires. Building on the success of a 2023 pilot program that improved wildland fire response efficiency, House Bill 2014 sponsor Rep. Tom Dent (R-Moses Lake) emphasized the program’s effectiveness, saying it saves money and stops fires from becoming major incidents.

“These small rural fire departments can call, and they can request air asset support to come in on a — when a fire begins, and quite often we can knock these fires down really fast,” Dent said in a release. “We’ve done a lot of fires, we’ve knocked down quickly, and we’ve kept our rural fire departments economically whole. Everybody loves it because it works.”

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Spartan Emergency Response built this 2,000/750 pumper for the Woodbridge Fire Department, Middlesex County, New Jersey, on a Spartan Metro Star MFD cab and chassis.

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Lorain County officials in Ohio completed testing of a new emergency communication system, evaluating 92 facilities. Eighty-three met coverage standards, while nine require further testing.

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