You may have seen Lebanon firefighters training on it, testing out all the bells and whistles on their new $867,000 ladder truck. It's hard to miss, especially since it's been parked outside of the fire station and not inside. It doesn't fit inside either firehouse. Taxpayers had concerns and came to WLWT for answers.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: wlwt.com

Firefighters from Clallam County Fire District No. 2 began wrapping up their work on the Yale Fire south of Spokane on Thursday and expected to return to Port Angeles today. Fire District No. 2’s Brush 25 and crew of firefighter/EMTs Rick Leffler and Steve Bentley arrived at the Spokane Complex on Wednesday morning, said Sam Phillips, chief of the district that serves the area around Port Angeles.
- PUB DATE: 8/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: peninsula daily news

The only grocery store in Wellpinit stepped up to help those displaced by the Cayuse Mountain Fire this week. Wellpinit Trading Post is the only grocery store and only restaurant in town. The food display cases at the shop are practically bare, because staff have been making lunches and dinners for firefighters and fire victims since the outbreak.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2016 10:07:49 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

Winder (GA) Fire Department, light rescue. Ford F-550 cab and chassis; 6.7-liter Power Stroke 300-hp engine.

Putting a new twist on the notion of fighting fire with fire, Boeing has patented a plan for packing howitzer shells with retardant chemicals and lobbing them into the path of a forest fire. With wildfires raging across the West again this summer, another tactic might be welcome. Talk about a hot market.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2016 9:34:58 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times