Clark County Fire District 3 will propose in the November election a 13-cent increase to the district property tax rate to fund emergency operations. The 13 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value levy rate increase would amount to an additional $4.33 in property taxes per month for a property valued at $400,000.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 6:45:07 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

Stroke is the leading cause of death in Washington, and when a victim suffers from one, every second counts. That is why Spokane Fire is taking a new approach to assessing and treating stroke patients at the scene. In the course of just a few seconds, Alvin Fisher became part of an alarming statistic.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 6:41:05 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

After 32 years of service as a Longview firefighter, the moment that best defines Luke Amos’ career happened when he wasn’t on duty. Amos was home at lunchtime when he got a hysterical call asking where his granddaughter was. His daughter Ashley had been flown to a hospital from a car wreck on Gray Road north of Lexington, but responders could not find her daughter Ellie, 18 months, and feared she’d been ejected.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 2:56:10 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

A man was found dead Tuesday morning while firefighters from Fire District 44 and Enumclaw worked to extinguish a fire in the 18200 block of Southeast 396 Street, just east of the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation, the Puget Sound Regional Fire Authority reported. The first calls to 911 came in at 11 a.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 2:22:56 AM - SOURCE: Auburn Reporter

At least six people are dead and dozens injured after a massive fire rapidly tore through a 24-story apartment building in west London in the early hours of Wednesday, police said. All 24 floors of Grenfell Tower in North Kensington were swiftly engulfed, trapping residents in their homes and reportedly forcing some to jump to escape the flames.
- PUB DATE: 6/14/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: CNN