A massive three-alarm fire ripped through historic downtown Bothell on Friday morning, gutting one building after another and sending huge flames billowing into the darkened sky that could be seen for miles. By mid-morning, firefighters were still battling the blaze as it flared up repeatedly and threatened more structures.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2016 7:38:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Every morning before dawn, Rick Robinson checks the laptop that’s mounted inside his Everett Fire Department rig. The software on the laptop is supposed to show the current location of every city fire truck and ambulance. A few months ago, it wasn’t working so well. Emergency rigs were missing from the screen.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2016 6:59:08 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Bryan Brice will be the city’s new fire chief, according to a news release from the mayor’s office. Brice, who will start Aug. 8, is coming from Oxnard, California, where he was chief of an eight-station fire department. Before that, he was a division chief with the Orange County Fire Authority, where he worked for 26 years.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2016 4:12:30 AM - SOURCE: Skagit Valley Herald (GoSkagit.com)

The top fire official in Tioga County was killed Wednesday when a county pickup truck struck him while backing up, officials said. Tioga County Fire Coordinator John Scott, 71, of Campville, was one of several employees who were performing maintenance at a county radio tower on Carmichael Road in the Town of Owego when he was struck around 3 p.
- PUB DATE: 7/22/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: press connects