Fifty percent of Suffolk's coverage area is non-hydranted rural land, so the department needs a robust water carrying capacity.

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Sixteen-year-olds in Washington will soon be eligible to enroll in initial emergency medical responder (EMR) and emergency medical technician (EMT) training courses under a new rule adopted by the Washington State Department of Health.

The Department of Health’s Office of Community Health Systems announced it has officially filed a CR-103 rule adoption with the Office of the Code Reviser to amend state regulations governing EMS training programs. The rule change implements House Bill 1722, passed by the Legislature in 2025, which authorizes students as young as 16 to begin EMR or EMT education.

The adopted amendments revise Washington Administrative Code sections 246-976-022 and 246-976-041, expanding eligibility for initial EMS training while maintaining existing program requirements for approval and enrollment.

According to the Department of Health, the rule was filed June 22 and formally adopts changes allowing 16-year-old students to enroll in initial EMR and EMT training courses. The agency said the changes are intended to align state regulations with the legislative requirements established in House Bill 1722 and codified in state law.

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Sen. Adam Schiff announced $1.4 million in federal funding for emergency preparedness in Central Coast, including a new fire station in Atascadero and an emergency generator in Lompoc.

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VIDEO: Fire investigators suspect that a failed electrical transformer caused a small fire and a large explosion at the Spanish Hills Apartments in West Tacoma on Sunday. Firefighters were already at the apartment complex responding to an alarm after someone noticed smoke.

Video, taken by a neighbor, shows a group of firefighters inspecting part of the building when the blast pushes them back. Tacoma Fire Public Information Officer Chelsea Shephard said that luckily, none of them were injured. Nobody inside the complex was hurt, either, Shephard confirmed.

“It sounds like the explosion actually happened inside the wall, but it did blow some particle board and such, like, outside the back door, so it was pretty significant,” said Shephard. “We live across the green belt from the apartment that was mostly blown up,” said Nichole Grace, with her son John Grace adding, “The windows were blown into the yard. The doors – the patio is crumbling from the bottom. It was really bad.”

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Level 3 immediate evacuation has been issued for parts of Winthrop as a fast-moving wildland fire burns west of town near West Chewuch Road and moves east toward Winthrop. Okanogan County Emergency Management issued the Level 3 notice at 11:27 a.m. Sunday for the area east of West Chewuch Road to East Chewuch Road, south of Sunset Boulevard.

The evacuation area includes parts of the town of Winthrop, including Bluff Street, Corral Street, and Bridge Street. Officials are urging people in the evacuation zone to leave immediately and evacuate toward Twisp. An evacuation center has been set up at the Methow Valley Community Center in Twisp.

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