A male Union Pacific railroad worker was killed by a train on Tuesday morning. John P. Schneider, 54, of Spokane Valley, was “killed instantly, in a railroad accident” in Wallula, according to Walla Walla County Coroner Richard Greenwood. Walla Walla Fire District 5 responded to a call for help at 5:30 a.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2017 10:53:41 AM - SOURCE: Mid-Columbia Tri-City Herald - Metered Site

The Washington Fire Mechanics are proud to announce that Whatcom Electric & Battery has become the sole sponsor of the popular creeper drag event held at the WFM annual conference. We are very excited that Whatcom Electric & Battery has elected to be the first exclusive multi year sponsor of this event. It will be unveiled next fall as the Whatcom Electric & Battery Creeper Drags. The event will be held at our new conference location for 2017 The Wenatchee Conference Center

Officials have identified three homicide victims found inside a burning home Friday night near Seabeck in Kitsap County. In addition, the Kitsap County Sheriff's Office says that a fourth victim found inside a burned-out pickup truck in Mason County also died of "homicidal violence." The identity of that victim has not been released.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2017 9:01:50 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

In a cramped room at the back of the Spokane Fire Department Training Complex, Tom Heckler houses artifacts dating back more than a century. “They always told me, they can’t build a museum,” Heckler said, seated in a chair next to a humming tower server that fills part of his 300-square-foot exhibit.
- PUB DATE: 1/31/2017 8:49:26 AM - SOURCE: Spokane Spokesman-Review

The Starkville (MS) Fire Department recently took delivery of two E-ONE Typhoon pumpers. In this video, Chief Charles Yarbrough discusses the needs of his department and the purchasing process of the two E-ONE Typhoon pumpers with help from his committee and the dealership, Sunbelt Fire.

Some specs on the rigs include:

• Typhoon long cabs
• Cummins ISL 450-hp engines
• Allison EVS3000 transmissions
• 1,030-gallon “R” water tanks
• Hale QFLO single-stage pumps rated at 1,250 gpm

For more information on these pumpers, visit http://www.e-one.com/new_delivery/2-typhoon-rescue-pumpers/.