Three months after Vashon's fire chief announced he planned to leave the department in the coming months, Chief Hank Lipe has resigned and will leave June 30. Lipe, who has led Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) since 2008, publicly announced his intentions to leave VIFR in March when former Assistant Chief George Brown retired.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2016 2:08:08 AM - SOURCE: Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber - metered site

Three months after Vashon's fire chief announced he planned to leave the department in the coming months, Chief Hank Lipe has resigned and will leave June 30. Lipe, who has led Vashon Island Fire & Rescue (VIFR) since 2008, publicly announced his intentions to leave VIFR in March when former Assistant Chief George Brown retired.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2016 2:08:08 AM - SOURCE: Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber - metered site

A firefighter was critically injured Tuesday in a rough water training accident off Diamond Head. A second firefighter was taken to the hospital for evaluation, and was subsequently released. The two were apparently training on Jet Skis in rough surf and police sources say they were knocked down by a large wave.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KFVE-TV 5 The Home Team

Brendan McDonough survived one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, an inferno near Yarnell, Ariz., that killed 19 of his fellow Granite Mountain Hotshots on June 30, 2013. For the next year, he went to memorials, gave speeches and raised money for wildland firefighting. But the constant reminders of the fire wore on him.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: los angeles times

A dispute between homeless people living together in an abandoned office building led one of them to set a fire that killed five others, authorities alleged Tuesday. Just one man was declared dead during the fire on Monday night, but two more men and two women were found dead in the rubble by a search team with dogs on Tuesday afternoon, city fire officials said.
- PUB DATE: 6/15/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: abc news