A six-month pilot program permitting EMTs to transport patients in Fire District 13 is underway, thanks to a resolution passed Monday by the Board of County Commissioners. According to Mark Raaka, director of Skagit County’s Emergency Medical Services office, District 13 staff have been gearing up for the change for months.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 4:16:04 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

A six-month pilot program permitting EMTs to transport patients in Fire District 13 is underway, thanks to a resolution passed Monday by the Board of County Commissioners. According to Mark Raaka, director of Skagit County’s Emergency Medical Services office, District 13 staff have been gearing up for the change for months.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 4:16:04 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

A Lake Sutherland cabin was scorched and a dock was destroyed after high winds reignited a debris fire Tuesday, Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips said. No one was home when the fire approached the cabin at 880 South Shore Road. A man who was rebuilding a dock for the California-based property owner had left for lunch after putting out a debris fire, Phillips said.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 3:21:03 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

A Lake Sutherland cabin was scorched and a dock was destroyed after high winds reignited a debris fire Tuesday, Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips said. No one was home when the fire approached the cabin at 880 South Shore Road. A man who was rebuilding a dock for the California-based property owner had left for lunch after putting out a debris fire, Phillips said.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 3:21:03 AM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News

July 4 marks the 40-year anniversary of the house fire that killed Pete DiMaria's mother, brother, sister and grandfather. DiMaria was just 11 years old when it happened at his house in Pompano Beach. The fire sparked overnight. He still doesn't know how it started. His grandfather tried rousing the family awake, but the smoke knocked them out.
- PUB DATE: 6/8/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: naples daily news