On Tuesday, March 28, the Vancouver Fire Department (VFD) celebrated the extraordinary contributions of Vancouver firefighters, employees, partner agencies and community members at its 2022 Annual Awards Ceremony at Clark College’s Gaiser Hall, 1933 Fort Vancouver Way. “Unlike the Oscars, Grammys or Espies, all the people being recognized today are not actors, nor are they professional athletes.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: City of Vancouver

Three people were taken by ambulance to Providence Saint Mary Medical Center with "significant smoke inhalation" in a Walla Walla house fire Monday, April 3, according to emergency dispatch communication. Crews from the Walla Walla Fire Department, College Place Fire Department and Walla Walla County Fire District 4 were dispatched to the 1400 block of South 15th Avenue at 11:28 a.
- PUB DATE: 4/4/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Union-Bulletin - Metered Site

The Marysville Fire District is celebrating the retirement of Chief Darryl Neuhoff, who has worked as a firefighter in Snohomish County for nearly four decades. His career started in 1983 at Snohomish County Fire District 20, where he worked in the Lake Godwin area. Over the next 15 years, he worked as a volunteer and career firefighter before being promoted to Lieutenant, then Fire Chief.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2023 9:54:00 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue responded to two fires Monday in the Kelso area, and fire and law enforcement officials are investigating the causes of both blazes. Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue Battalion Chief Joe Tone said fire crews responded to a home at 12:20 a.m. in the 800 block of Fourth Avenue. Tone said the homeowner had already extinguished the fire before units arrived.
- PUB DATE: 4/3/2023 4:45:00 PM - SOURCE: The Daily News

According to a report from ABC7, the second of two Stinnett (TX) Fire Department (SFD) firefighters who was hurt in a rollover crash Friday received slightly better news about his neck injury today.

Although the SFD initially reported that the firefighter may have suffered two hairline fractures in his neck, they are now saying the injury was actually “severe whiplash.” He is expected to be released from the hospital Monday after consulting with a physical therapist.

The crash occurred while the members were responding to a wildfire in the Canadian River bottom FM 2277. The two firefighters were transported to Golden Plains Community Hospital in Borger.

One member was treated and released, while the other was transferred to Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo.

The SFD thanked The 100 Club of the Texas Panhandle and Panhandle Firemen’s & Fire Marshals’ Association for their support.