Firefighters will receive a 2.5 percent bump in pay this year while their health insurance premiums will go down. During Monday night’s business meeting, the City Council approved a union contract covering 15 firefighters that also included pay incentives for firefighters who speak Spanish. The pay increases will cost the city $27,000 annually while the decreases in health insurance premiums total $12,000 a year, City Manager Don Day said.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 11:12:14 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Pullman Fire Department officials said the improper disposal of a cigarette led to a fire at a duplex on Monday that caused $90,000 in damage. Pullman and Whitman County firefighters were called out at 11:31 p.m. to NW Harrison Street near the Harrison Tot Lot. The occupants initially told crews the fire had been extinguished, but when officials arrived there was smoke and fire on the front porch.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 6:03:08 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

Pullman Fire Department officials said the improper disposal of a cigarette led to a fire at a duplex on Monday that caused $90,000 in damage. Pullman and Whitman County firefighters were called out at 11:31 p.m. to NW Harrison Street near the Harrison Tot Lot. The occupants initially told crews the fire had been extinguished, but when officials arrived there was smoke and fire on the front porch.
- PUB DATE: 1/12/2016 6:03:08 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

 

Selectpersons will consider three options to repair frame corrosion on the 2006 Engine 3 firetruck when they meet.

Fire Rescue Chief Mike Booker gave the board a heads-up on the problem last fall.

The frame has "severe corrosion," according to Booker and Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere.

Booker contacted Greenwood Emergency Vehicles in Massachusetts, a dealer of E-One firetrucks, to see if the company would cover the cost of repairing the frame.

"However, the frame corrosion is beyond the warranty," LaFreniere said.