A fire destroyed an attached garage at a South Naches Road home and spread into the home’s roof and crawl space Tuesday. The fire broke out shortly before noon in the garage at 9645 South Naches Road, according to firefighters. Before firefighters were able to control the blaze, it spread through the roof space and damaged the master bedroom and bath, according to Naches Fire Department officials.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 1:51:59 AM - SOURCE: YakTriNews

Firefighters from three cities moved quickly to extinguish a brush fire in the 13300 block of 242nd Avenue Northeast on Tuesday afternoon before the blaze could cause significant structural damage. The fire, which burned around one-half acre of pasture, was reported at 1:24 p.m. Lynn Cash lives on the property and said she and her family were gone when it started.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 1:47:41 AM - SOURCE: Redmond Reporter

Each day, police and firefighters set out to keep their communities safe, and the response during a recent fire displayed the courage and unselfishness of the city's first responders. Several were honored during a recent City Council meeting for their heroic actions to save the lives of numerous people during a large apartment fire at the Lake in the Woods complex.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: nwi.com

The IAFC Board of Directors has issued a call to action for fire service leaders to urge governors in their states to opt into FirstNet. “We urge IAFC members and state fire chiefs associations to make their voices heard and participate in the process to recommend to governors that they should allow FirstNet to build out the radio access network (RAN) in the state and to not opt-out and build out their own RANs,” the board said in a statement adopted July 24 in Charlotte, N.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chiefs

A teenager came into the firehouse at 6500 Michigan Avenue on Monday night looking for a soda, and walked out with a paramedic’s purse and keys to a firefighter’s pickup. The burglary happened around 7:30 p.m. during a shift change as emergency medical crews were talking outside the station in the Carondelet neighborhood.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: St. Louis Post-Dispatch