Detectives continue to study financial records for the former director of the Snohomish County Emergency Radio System, a man accused of using taxpayer money to swag out his house. New court papers show investigators have compiled seven pages of spreadsheets listing items that Mark S. McDermott allegedly bought for himself with public money.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 2:39:28 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

On Sunday morning, firefighters from around the world were in Seattle for the 25th Scott Firefighter Stair Climb, benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Wearing full gear, firefighters from 26 states and seven countries tackled 69 flights of stairs at the Columbia Center tower. "It was hard," said firefighter Jon Hernandez of Kirkland.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 1:55:07 AM - SOURCE: King 5

On Sunday morning, firefighters from around the world were in Seattle for the 25th Scott Firefighter Stair Climb, benefiting the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Wearing full gear, firefighters from 26 states and seven countries tackled 69 flights of stairs at the Columbia Center tower. "It was hard," said firefighter Jon Hernandez of Kirkland.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 1:55:07 AM - SOURCE: King 5

Two volunteer Stafford County firefighters have been suspended after they transported an 18-month old child to the hospital in a fire engine. The father of the little girl tells FOX 5 he is grateful for the actions of those two first responders, who may have saved his daughter's life. The suspended firefighters, Captain James Kelley and Sgt.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WTTG-TV MyFox 5 DC

Firefighters training at the Washington State Fire Training Academy (FTA) in North Bend between 2012 and 2014 may have been exposed to contaminated water, according to court documents filed March 1 by Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson. Ferguson named wastewater plant operator George Campbell and the company he owns, Broadband Environmental Service Inc.
- PUB DATE: 3/7/2016 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Snoqualmie Valley Record