A suspected DUI driver was arrested Thursday night after plowing through a road sign, clipping a tension cable, spinning through a bush and crashing into a home. The driver lost control of the car while headed south on East 24th Street, the Bremerton Police Department says. The crash caused extensive damage.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

A man was burned and his dog died in a fire that broke out in their RV early Friday morning. Firefighters were called to the motor home which was parked outside a home at S. 360th Street and 42nd Ave. S. near Auburn just after midnight. As firefighters fought the flames, medics were called when the man inside was found to have first and second degree burns to his hand while trying to save his dog.
- PUB DATE: 5/12/2017 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

Crete Township (IL) Fire Protection District rescue-pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Pro Poly polypropylene 1,000-gallon tank; 30-gallon foam cell; Hale Qmax 1,500-gpm pump

 

An email written by a city employee heading recruitment of a new Spokane fire chief raises questions about the impartiality of the selection process. Meghann Steinolfson, the city’s human resources analyst in charge of setting up the recruitment process, sent an email to members of the department’s command staff Monday urging them to attend the public forum and “not only meet the candidates, but to support Chief (Brian) Schaeffer.
- PUB DATE: 5/11/2017 9:01:25 PM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review