It’s a call nobody wants to make. When someone picks up the phone and dials 911, it’s probably because they or someone they know is hurt. Dispatchers at the Phoenix Fire Dispatch Center are standing by. “We are very busy," said Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Reda Bigler. "It’s constantly moving in this place,” The dispatch center handles more than a million calls a year.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: 12news.com

Firefighters from the North Olympic Peninsula have arrived at Eastern Washington fires, according to county fire officials. Clallam County 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: 8/25/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: peninsula daily news

The Hart and Cayuse Fires burning in Stevens and Lincoln County are burning on both sides of the Spokane River up north. It began as the Hart Fire near Davenport. When it jumped the river, the second fire became the Cayuse Fire, burning on the Spokane Indian Reservation. The Hart Fire is 4,200 acres and about 20 percent contained as of Wednesday.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 10:49:26 PM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

Trimble (TN) Fire Department, pumper. Freightliner M2 cab and chassis; Cummins ISL 350-hp engine; Hale Qflo 1,250-gpm pump; UPF Poly 1,000-gallon tank.

During the August Primary Election, voters in Monroe Fire District 3 approved merging with Snohomish County Fire District 7 by almost 81 percent. Merging two fire agencies involves several steps. To that end Fire District 7 officials have released the following new information to insure that residents of both communities know and understand what the process is moving forward.
- PUB DATE: 8/24/2016 9:45:30 PM - SOURCE: Sky Valley Chronicle