On July 13 the U.S. House of Representatives adopted an amendment increasing funding for the Volunteer Fire Assistance program from $13 million to $15 million. The amendment was offered by Reps Jared Polis (D-Colo.), Peter King (R-N.Y.) and Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) to the FY2017 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1

A scary situation for a man on a jet ski near the Edison St. boat launch on Sunday morning. The jet ski malfunctioned while the man was riding, and he was forced to jump off and leave it in the middle of the Columbia River. Benton County Sheriff's office dispatched to the scene, and Benton County Deputy, JP Benitez, gave us the details of just how scary it was.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KNDO 23

On New Year's Eve, fire ripped through the Bluffs apartments on Casino Road in Everett. The three-alarm fire began in one unit and quickly spread. It killed a 65-year-old man, and upset people who live in the neighborhood. "It's a shame. The apartment complexes, the owners, need to do a lot more to ensure tenants' safety," said Velvett Jones, who lives in an apartment complex down the street.
- PUB DATE: 7/26/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

This pumper-tanker was recently delivered to the Natchitoches Parish Fire District 9 in Louisiana.

A North Puget Sound city and its firefighters are in a heated battle about the future of your fire service. The Marysville Fire District says the city of Marysville is more concerned about control than citizen safety, and they are picketing outside City Hall. For 25 years the city of Marysville and Snohomish County District 12 have been partnered to be the Marysville Fire District but that partnership’s contract is now up.
- PUB DATE: 7/25/2016 5:51:57 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7