Spokane firefighter Jhareme Fuller didn’t know until arriving at Thursday’s Lilac Festival luncheon that he was there to be recognized as the firefighter of the year. And if that wasn’t surprise enough, Fuller’s table included his wife, Carolyn, and four other family members, some of whom had traveled across state lines to be there.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 11:40:28 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The pumpers are built on Ferrara Cinder custom chassis and feature Cummins ISL9 450-hp engines.

A garage fire Thursday afternoon heavily damaged the building and destroyed a vehicle inside, the Yakima Fire Department said. Firefighters were dispatched to the 200 block of South Seventh Street shortly after 4 p.m., according to a department news release. The first crews arrived to find smoke coming from the eaves.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 7:56:13 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Several state agencies and fire districts are preparing for another wildfire season. But this time, they're training together for the fires they will fight together. Some students from Naches Valley Middle School got an inside look at that process on Thursday. Thirteen state agencies, 27 fire districts, and 100 kids who got a sneak peek at training for more than 400 firefighters at the Central Washington Interagency Wildfire Training Academy.
- PUB DATE: 5/18/2017 7:11:45 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima