Several boats were destroyed in a 2-alarm fire at the Port Orchard Yacht Club early Sunday morning. The fire was spotted just before 3 a.m. by a paramedic passing by the marina as he was taking a patient to Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, said officials with S. Kitsap Fire & Rescue. The medic called 911 as other reports began pouring in as well, prompting a call for several fire agencies to respond.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2016 9:37:07 AM - SOURCE: seattlepi.com

Several boats were destroyed in a 2-alarm fire at the Port Orchard Yacht Club early Sunday morning. The fire was spotted just before 3 a.m. by a paramedic passing by the marina as he was taking a patient to Harrison Hospital in Bremerton, said officials with S. Kitsap Fire & Rescue. The medic called 911 as other reports began pouring in as well, prompting a call for several fire agencies to respond.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2016 9:37:07 AM - SOURCE: seattlepi.com

Lacey City Council members got a glimpse of the city’s emergency response future Thursday — one in which less serious medical calls to 911 wouldn’t be handled by firefighters, paramedics and private ambulance companies, but possibly by as few as two people. That was the thrust of a presentation given by Lacey Fire District 3 Chief Steve Brooks, who outlined an emergency response model that has been studied by the district, and that it hopes to implement this year.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2016 4:49:04 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Lacey City Council members got a glimpse of the city’s emergency response future Thursday — one in which less serious medical calls to 911 wouldn’t be handled by firefighters, paramedics and private ambulance companies, but possibly by as few as two people. That was the thrust of a presentation given by Lacey Fire District 3 Chief Steve Brooks, who outlined an emergency response model that has been studied by the district, and that it hopes to implement this year.
- PUB DATE: 3/20/2016 4:49:04 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune