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Posted: Nov 6, 2016

Dog rescued from house fire east of Port Angeles

Firefighters rescued a dog after a blaze ripped through a home on Blue Valley Road on Sunday morning. Firefighter Bryce McGinley found the family pet, Koda, under a bed in the back bedroom of the home east of Port Angeles, said Marc Lawson, captain for Clallam County Fire District No. 3. The dog was up and walking shortly after firefighters gave him water and oxygen.
- PUB DATE: 11/6/2016 3:36:49 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Nov 5, 2016

Spokane Valley Fire Department celebrates 75 years

The Spokane Valley Fire Department celebrated 75 years of service with a day of free family fun at Otis Orchards Station 4. Many families checked out their Open House on Saturday afternoon. "The kids can get involved and get up close and personal and see what they do behind the scenes," said Brenda Baetty, who brought her son, Jocavie to the event.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2016 4:46:32 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4
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Posted: Nov 5, 2016

Bainbridge Island's Fire Station 23 marks 24/7 staffing commencement with open house event

The people have spoken. The votes have been tallied. The will of the public has been done. And there was much rejoicing. Obviously, that’s not always the case (I’m looking at you, inevitably disappointing presidential election), but sometimes everybody really does win. Case in point: the wildly popular support island voters put behind the proposals to expand the Bainbridge Island Fire Department’s staffing and the start of 24/7 manning at Station 23, which officially began on Tuesday and will be celebrated with a special station open house event Saturday, Nov.
- PUB DATE: 11/5/2016 2:59:56 AM - SOURCE: Bainbridge Island Review
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Posted: Nov 4, 2016

New network would help first responders communicate

When disaster strikes an area, cell service is often knocked out. That's why first responders are looking into a product called FirstNet -- which would could help keep the lines of communication open. The people behind FirstNet are working to convince first responders in our area that we need a new cellular system assigned just for them.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2016 2:40:50 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7
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Posted: Nov 4, 2016

New Fire Truck in Rio Dell

The Rio Dell Volunteer Fire Department received its newest fire engine this past weekend to replace its oldest rig. At 10 feet 9 inches, the 2016 Rosenbauer Timberwolf is the tallest engine in the department's fleet, Fire Chief Shane Wilson said.

“This is the result of our ballot measure to raise our assessment for fire services in 2014,” he said.

The truck cost $450,000 and about $100,000 of new equipment — such as hoses, Jaws of Life and other tools — were purchased to outfit it, Wilson said.

“The fire department, they put a partial tax on the property in the fire district,” Rio Dell City Councilman Jack Thompson said.

“The last time we have even considered raising our assessment was in 1994 when we bought our last engine,” Wilson said.

The new engine will replace the department’s oldest engine from 1972.

“We couldn’t depend on it to the point that we could use it as a frontline engine,” Wilson said about the old truck.

The old engine had the most reliable water pump of all the engines, he said, but it was getting old.

“They definitely needed it,” Thompson said about the new engine.

Wilson is working with people in Shively, a small unincorporated town just east of U.S. Highway 101 between Stafford and Redcrest, to see if the old engine can find new life there. Once rid of the old engine, the department’s vehicle fleet will consist of one command SUV, one water tender, a rescue truck and three engines.

“We wanted an engine that was capable of fighting structure fires, commercial fires and wildland brush fires,” Wilson said and the new engine can do all that.

“It makes it a self-sufficient, standalone engine in case we need it to be,” he added.

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