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Posted: Jul 20, 2017

Meridian to Build 6th Fire Station, Uses $1.5M from Rural Fire District for First Year

The city of Meridian will move forward with building its sixth fire station in 2018 - a project that was going to be delayed a year until the Meridian Rural Fire District stepped in. The rural fire district has offered to pay for the station's first 13.5 months of operations, including wages and benefits of up to 12 firefighters.

The city of Meridian will move forward with building its sixth fire station in 2018 — a project that was going to be delayed a year until the Meridian Rural Fire District stepped in.


The rural fire district has offered to pay for the station’s first 13.5 months of operations, including wages and benefits of up to 12 firefighters. That expense is projected at $1.5 million.


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Posted: Jul 20, 2017

Fire burns building at Fircrest School in Shoreline

Firefighters are battling flames at the Fircrest School property in Shoreline. The fire started at about 9 a.m. at the building at 155th Street and 15th Avenue Northeast. The Fircrest Residential Habilitation Center houses about 200 people with mental disabilities. The laundry facility is the building that caught fire.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2017 11:15:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7
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Posted: Jul 20, 2017

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Posted: Jul 20, 2017

Father, 4-year-old boy killed in Auburn fourplex fire

A man and a 4-year-old boy were killed overnight in a fire at an Auburn fourplex. Firefighters were called around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday to the 2600 block of O St NE to the report of people trapped inside a fire. Fire crews said police arrived at the scene first but without proper equipment were unable to rescue them.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2017 7:47:14 AM - SOURCE: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
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Posted: Jul 20, 2017

Montana firefighter dies on the fire line in Lolo National Forest

A firefighter has died while fighting a fire in the Lolo National Forest. According to a press release sent from Grayback Forestry, a 19-year-old and a Missoula resident was killed in the line while fighting a fire on the Seely Lake Ranger District. The Grayback Forestry employee was part of a 20-person attack crew.
- PUB DATE: 7/20/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KULR-TV NBC 8
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