More than twice as many people die from drowning as from fires in King County. According to Public Health Seattle-King County, there were 119 drownings and 47 fire deaths from 2009-2013. The statistic has local fire departments focused on water rescues and water safety. Firefighters are training to be prepared for water rescues this spring and summer.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2016 7:00:51 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

More than twice as many people die from drowning as from fires in King County. According to Public Health Seattle-King County, there were 119 drownings and 47 fire deaths from 2009-2013. The statistic has local fire departments focused on water rescues and water safety. Firefighters are training to be prepared for water rescues this spring and summer.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2016 7:00:51 PM - SOURCE: KIRO-TV CBS 7

A Kennewick family is lucky to be okay after a fire took over their home early Friday morning. Kennewick Fire Battalion Chief Tod Kreutz says a passerby in a car noticed flames outside the home on North Yost Street and West Canal Drive in Kennewick. That person knocked on the door and woke up the three people inside.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2016 6:48:50 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

A Kennewick family is lucky to be okay after a fire took over their home early Friday morning. Kennewick Fire Battalion Chief Tod Kreutz says a passerby in a car noticed flames outside the home on North Yost Street and West Canal Drive in Kennewick. That person knocked on the door and woke up the three people inside.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2016 6:48:50 AM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Hundreds of Snohomish County homes now have working smoke alarms thanks to a campaign by the American Red Cross. So far, they've installed or distributed about 900 alarms to 450 homes, mostly mobile homes, said Chuck Morrison, the director of the local Red Cross chapter. They aim to hit 1,000 smoke alarms by June.
- PUB DATE: 3/25/2016 12:43:30 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald