A worker in a cherry-picker bucket was rescued after a lift partly tipped over Wednesday at a construction site in north Everett. Photos showed a Genie boom lift that folded awkwardly at the base around 1:30 p.m., while its bucket was three or four stories in the air near the Kaiser Permanente Everett Medical Center at 2930 Maple St.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 2:00:00 PM - SOURCE: Everett Herald - Metered Site

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Crews battled a fire at a Jack in the Box fast food restaurant Wednesday morning. The restaurant is in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, north of the Fred Meyer store. Seattle Fire Department spokesman David Cuerpo said calls about smoke and flames coming from the restaurant on Northwest Leary Way and 11th Avenue started coming in at 4:15 a.
- PUB DATE: 3/15/2023 11:24:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7 Seattle

Florissant Fire-Rescue District held a special ceremony to dedicate its newest light rescue truck as an addition to the fleet, mountainjackport.com reported.

Members of the community then helped push the light rescue rig into the garage to signify its status as officially being in commission to help serve those in the community who are in need, the report said.

Norfolk Fire-Rescue will break ground on a new 14,000 square foot fire station in the Fairmount Park neighborhood at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 21, the department said in a news release Monday.

The new station will be located at 2601 Lafayette Boulevard and will replace Fire Station 11 on Verdun Avenue, which has been in service for 100 years and was the first in Norfolk to house a motorized fire apparatus.

Units from Station 11 are some of the city’s most essential, frequently responding to fires in other districts due to their central location.

Plans for the new fire station include a new fire engine and an additional response unit to provide citywide supervision for fire and emergency services personnel.

Construction is set to begin next month with a targeted completion date of April 2024.