The Seattle Fire Department (SFD) responded to a large fire in a vacant building in south Seattle Tuesday morning. The fire near the 2300 block of South Plum Street was first reported around 5:05 a.m. Photos from a Washington State Department of Transportation camera showed large plumes of smoke coming from the area while crews poured water on the fire using aerial ladders.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 Seattle

Joining recipients across the nation including activists, athletes, business owners, and many more, former Sequim resident Kimmy Siebens has been named USA Today Washington State Woman of the Year. The national news organization made the announcement on March 19 with female honorees from each state, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Sequim Gazette - Metered Site

Thousands of acres across Yakima County are considered "no man's land" for firefighters. No man's land is areas in the county that are outside of fire districts. People there could call 911 for an emergency, even their home burning, and firefighters may not come. If you're far outside of any major city, you may want to check if you're covered.
- PUB DATE: 3/21/2023 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS/CW+ 29 Yakima

Firefighters rapidly responded and neutralized a nascent residential fire in Cosmopolis Monday morning before it could get out of hand. The call came in just before 8:30 a.m., said Battalion Chief Dave Swinheart of the Aberdeen Fire Department. “At the time we had three other calls going in, two in the city and one in North River,” Swinheart said in an interview.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2023 9:30:00 PM - SOURCE: The Daily World

Firefighters and Medina Village Board members gave the community tours of the firehouse recently, showing tight quarters, eroding floors, cracking walls and other deficiencies, orleanshub.com reported.

The board is looking to put an addition on the fire house that can better accommodate the larger fire trucks, the report said. The village also needs to replace the 27-year-old ladder truck, said a city official, according to the report.

The board expects to move forward soon with a plan for an addition on the fire house that would be approximately 62 feet, 8 inches by 88 feet, 8 inches, the report said. That addition, plus repairs to the existing fire house, would be about $4.5 million, according to a report from the Barton & Loguidice firm, the report said.