Firefighters and school counselors are learning how to deal with youth that have lit or talked about lighting fires. Yakima firefighters hosted guest speaker Sedric Ketchum from the U.S. Fire Administration Thursday morning -- Ketchum showed the group how to properly interview youth following acts of arson.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 1:59:40 PM - SOURCE: KVEW-TV ABC 42 Kennewick

A man was rescued by helicopter Thursday after being trapped for four days on a cliff near Mud Mountain Dam in the Enumclaw area, emergency officials said. The rescue effort was launched after an Army Corps of Engineers employee heard the man shouting for help. A rescue crew responded in a King County Sheriff's helicopter.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 10:29:44 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A man was rescued by helicopter Thursday after being trapped for four days on a cliff near Mud Mountain Dam in the Enumclaw area, emergency officials said. The rescue effort was launched after an Army Corps of Engineers employee heard the man shouting for help. A rescue crew responded in a King County Sheriff's helicopter.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 10:29:44 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A few short months from now, federal and state foresters around the West will purposely set controlled burns to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires later. This is a regular practice in Oregon, Idaho and California, but much less common in Washington state. Land managers in Idaho fight fire with fire nearly twice or three times as often as in neighboring Washington.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 9:05:21 AM - SOURCE: KPLU-FM 88.5 NPR News & All That Jazz

A few short months from now, federal and state foresters around the West will purposely set controlled burns to reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires later. This is a regular practice in Oregon, Idaho and California, but much less common in Washington state. Land managers in Idaho fight fire with fire nearly twice or three times as often as in neighboring Washington.
- PUB DATE: 2/4/2016 9:05:21 AM - SOURCE: KPLU-FM 88.5 NPR News & All That Jazz