Fire Chief Bob Van Horne has announced his retirement, effective May 15, after 36 years in the fire service. Chief Van Horne has been Bothell's Fire Chief since 2009. He has served a total of 36 years in the fire service. The City has engaged a search firm to manage the selection process for a new Fire Chief.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2017 8:44:14 AM - SOURCE: Bothell, WA

A recreational vehicle was destroyed by fire in the Glen Cove area late Thursday morning. No injuries were reported, said Bill Beezley, spokesman for East Jefferson Fire-Rescue. Firefighters were called to a blaze near the intersection of Sixth and Stevens streets at 10:27 a.m. after two men driving by the recreational vehicle saw a plume of smoke, flames and downed power lines across the road, then called 9-1-1, Beezley said.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2017 7:44:07 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

Crews who battle wildfires will have to wait at least another year before getting better fire shelters than those that failed to save 19 firefighters trapped by flames in Arizona four years ago, officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. The deaths pushed the U.S. Forest Service to speed up work to get an upgraded shelter in place this year, but the effort has been delayed a year after prototypes could not outperform the shelter developed in 2002.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: ABC News

Fire Chief John A. Pond said Thursday that six firefighters deserve commendations for work that included rescuing seven people from a burning building on Jan. 1 while others have been ordered to undergo ladder truck retraining. Two men and a woman died and 49 tenants were displaced in a blaze at 106 North East St.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Republican

The interim Sioux Falls fire chief sent a department-wide email Tuesday night ordering firefighters to bar former Chief Jim Sideras from any fire stations or the fire headquarters building. The warning from Interim Chief Brad Goodroad came hours after news broke that authorities had served a search warrant at Sideras' Sioux Falls home on Tuesday.
- PUB DATE: 5/5/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Argus Leader