Germantown (TN) Fire Department pumper. Inferno cab and chassis; Cummins ISX15 500-hp engine; Waterous CSU 2,000-gpm pump.

La Conner is ending a 13-year agreement to share a fire station with Skagit County Fire District 13, and is buying out the district’s share of ownership of the building. The move comes a month after the district, which has been transitioning into a professional 24/7 department over the past several years, announced plans to keep two overnight firefighters in the Chilberg Road building, said District 13 Chief Roy Horn.
- PUB DATE: 1/29/2017 4:11:20 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

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