Three people were found dead in a home that caught fire late Friday night near Seabeck. The Kitsap County Sheriff's Office has identified two of the bodies as male and one of them as female. The identities and ages of the victims are unknown. Investigators are treating the case as a homicide. "We’re handling it as a homicide investigation," said Scott Wilson, Kitsap County Sheriff's deputy.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2017 8:14:52 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Olympia Fire Department retired its carrier pigeons this year, and is using a new kind of bird to send out information: Twitter. The city announced the change Friday morning with a fun, old-timey video. It features Deputy Chief Greg Wright pulling up to the station in an antique firetruck, then attempting to send out messages using a typewriter and carrier pigeon.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2017 5:52:23 AM - SOURCE: Olympian

Northwest Innovation Works would make a $1 million, one-time grant to upgrade Kalama-area fire facilities under an agreement reached this month with Cowlitz Fire District 5. The agreement hinges on the Northwest Innovation getting all permits to build the $1.8 billion project. The company would also pay a still-to-be determined amount for firefighter training.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2017 2:12:07 AM - SOURCE: Longview Daily News

A 22-year veteran of the Cle Elum Volunteer Fire Department resigned Tuesday night, telling the Cle Elum City Council that he faced harassment and retaliation after filing a complaint against the department’s former chief last year. Rick Graham, who had been Second Assistant Chief of the department and the emergency medical services lead, told the council his complaint came after an incident involving Chief David Campbell at an aid call last September.
- PUB DATE: 1/28/2017 1:47:02 AM - SOURCE: Ellensburg Daily Record

The Cambridge (MA) Fire Department recently took delivery of a heavy rescue truck built on a Pierce Dash CF cab and chassis. The rig is equipped with the TAK-4® T3 rear suspension. The system combines the TAK-4 independent rear suspension technology with a 100 percent mechanical rear steering system that allows the department to maneuver on many of Massachusetts’s narrow streets and tight corners.

Specifications for the truck include:

• Dash CF chassis, raised roof
• GVW Rating: 62,800 lb
• Frame Rails: 13.38”
• Front Suspension: TAK-4® Independent Front Suspension
• Rear Suspension: TAK-4® T3
• Engine: Detroit DD13, 450 hp, 1550 lb-ft torque
• Transmission: Allison EVS 4000
• Wheelbase: 231.50”
• Overall Height: 10’3”
• Five-person seating capacity
• Side Roll and Frontal Impact Protection
• Bumper: 19” extended
• 10 AMDOR roll-up, side compartments
• 25-kW Onan generator

For more information on this truck, visit http://www.piercemfg.com/customers/new-deliveries/cambridge-fire-department-rescue-29084.