Fire Department pumper. Spartan Metro Star cab and chassis; Cummins ISL9 450-hp engine; Waterous CSU 1,250-gpm pump; Pro Poly 750-gallon tank.

Hundreds of law enforcement officers from Pierce County converged on Tacoma on Nov. 30 to help after police Officer Reginald “Jake” Gutierrez was shot. For the first time, the county’s year-old computer operation — a $5 million-plus system that helps dispatch the county’s 41 fire and law enforcement departments — was put to the test with a massive law enforcement response.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2017 1:51:13 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Two apartments were severely damaged and at least two sustained smoke damage in a fire Saturday afternoon north of the Central Washington University campus in Ellensburg. Ellensburg Police Department was first on scene to the fire at Campus Village Apartments, 925 E. 18th Ave., just after 2 p.m., EPD Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 2/5/2017 1:46:38 AM - SOURCE: Ellensburg Daily Record

Several people from the Yakima Fire Department recently retired, leaving the department even more short-staffed. Now the fire department is seeking approval from city council to apply for a three-year federal grant to increase staffing. The SAFER grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) would cover part of a firefighter’s salary for the first two or three years and then potentially the whole salary after that.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2017 3:28:34 PM - SOURCE: KIMA-TV CBS 29 Yakima

Yakima School District officials are hoping to revive a firefighter training program at the district’s vocational school. The firefighting class, which district officials said has been offered for more than 10 years, shut down in January due to declining enrollment, district spokeswoman Kirsten Fitterer said.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2017 12:37:19 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic