After months of research, the Clarkston City Council is getting closer to making an "agonizing" decision about the future of the city's fire department. Keeping a fire station staffed around the clock is a budget buster for cities of all sizes, the mayor said, and Clarkston is no exception. That's why many areas, such as neighboring Asotin County and the city of Moscow, rely so heavily on trained volunteers for fire control.
- PUB DATE: 5/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Firehouse

The Racine (OH) Fire Department runs Engine 21, a 1992 Ford L-8000 Darley 1,500 gallon tanker.

 

Classes were canceled Monday at a Mukilteo school after an arson damaged buildings and shut down the school's phones and internet service. The fire was reported late Saturday night at Columbia Elementary School on Harbor Pointe Boulevard. Investigators say someone set two portable toilets on fire. The flames spread to the exterior of the building and traveled up into the eaves, ruining computer and electrical equipment.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2017 7:51:43 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5

A semi-truck driver suffering a medical emergency rammed his semi truck into a home near Roy Sunday evening. The truck was heading north on SR-507 around 6 p.m. when the driver lost consciousness, according to Trooper Shaneka Phillips with the Washington State Patrol. The truck veered off the road, striking a home near 342nd Street.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2017 7:51:19 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

“Find the weakest spot and cut!” shouts Jeff Pugh to a group of firefighters armed with hydraulic cutter. Like a pair of oversized scissors, the cutter slices through the steel frame of the Cadillac, detaching two side doors with a crunch. Then firefighters yank off the doors, exposing the right half of the smashed-up vehicle’s interior.
- PUB DATE: 5/14/2017 2:14:13 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News