On Monday morning, one of Spokane’s several hundred zombie properties caught fire. The one-story home on West Cleveland Avenue should have been empty. It was in foreclosure for nearly two years after the mortgage-holder died, and a court ordered its sale last October to pay its creditor. But that didn’t keep the squatters out, and when those occupants tried to refill a kerosene stove, a fire ignited.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2017 6:13:57 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The Chehalis City Council on Monday night approved an increase in rates as part of an update to an interlocal agreement with the Riverside Fire Authority for fire marshal services. The change will result in a flat rate of $10,000, or $1,666.66 a month, for Jan. 1 through June 31. The hourly rate was previously $58.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2017 3:16:33 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle

PHOTO: Over the weekend one of Clark County Fire District 10’s stations was damaged and authorities are investigating. Station 4, located at 9813 NE Cedar Creek Road, Amboy, is unmanned. At about midnight Friday a neighbor heard a loud noise coming from the direction of the building. Later it was noticed that part of the brick wall on the front side of the building had been smashed.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2017 2:17:25 AM - SOURCE: The Reflector.com

Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue just announced a cutting-edge program to save lives. They’re the first fire department in the world to start taking home Automated External Defibrillators on their days off. TVF&R already has one of the highest survival rates in the country for patients who have cardiac arrest or heart attacks.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KGW-TV Northwest News Channel 8

Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce Dudley announced in a press release Tuesday that no criminal charges will be filed against the driver of the fire truck involved in a fatal crash. Ventura County firefighters, Ryan Osler and Adam Price were driving to Vandenberg Air Force Base to work on the Canyon Fire back in September 2016.
- PUB DATE: 2/15/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KEYT-TV ABC 3 Santa Barbara