Sarasota County (FL) Fire Department pumper. Cyclone II cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 450-hp engine; Hale Qmax 1,250-gpm pump.

Fire officials say a sporting goods store is a total loss after flames ripped through the building. The fire broke out at Liquidation Sports, a two-story building in the 1500 block of Horselake Road, around 10:40 a.m., Rick Isaacson with the Chelan County Fire District said. Crews arrived to find smoke seeping from the lower level.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2017 3:14:51 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Crews from Snohomish County Fire District 1 and the City of Lynnwood Friday night were able to rescue an 18-year-old man who fell into a ravine at Olympic View Drive and 180th Street Southwest. According to Fire District 1 spokeswoman Leslie Hynes, the man was about 400 feet from the road and firefighters used a rope rescue system to bring him up.
- PUB DATE: 4/2/2017 1:19:04 PM - SOURCE: My Edmonds News

Merging the two emergency dispatch centers that serve Snohomish County would save money and also solve a potential public safety issue related to call transfers between the two. That’s the word from representatives of a joint task force studying the issue, who provided an updated on merger talks during the Mountlake Terrace City Council’s March 31 work/study session.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2017 9:40:42 PM - SOURCE: MLTnews.com

Two people died in a house fire on Wetmore Avenue in Everett on Saturday morning. Everett city officials say when they arrived at the home at about 6 a.m. it was fully engulfed in flames. Firefighters were able to contain the fire in about 30 minutes but they found two people, an elderly woman and her daughter, deceased inside the home.
- PUB DATE: 4/1/2017 6:17:07 PM - SOURCE: KING-TV NBC 5