On the heels of the state's worst wildfire season, Washington's public lands chief said Wednesday he is asking the Legislature for more money to beef up the state's firefighting crews. Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark wants more than $24 million next year to add firefighters, equipment and training next year.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2015 3:28:47 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

On the heels of the state's worst wildfire season, Washington's public lands chief said Wednesday he is asking the Legislature for more money to beef up the state's firefighting crews. Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark wants more than $24 million next year to add firefighters, equipment and training next year.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2015 3:28:47 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

On the heels of the state's worst wildfire season, Washington's public lands chief said Wednesday he is asking the Legislature for more money to beef up the state's firefighting crews. Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark wants more than $24 million next year to add firefighters, equipment and training next year.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2015 3:28:47 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

On the heels of the state's worst wildfire season, Washington's public lands chief said Wednesday he is asking the Legislature for more money to beef up the state's firefighting crews. Public Lands Commissioner Peter Goldmark wants more than $24 million next year to add firefighters, equipment and training next year.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2015 3:28:47 AM - SOURCE: KOMO News

The four U.S. Forest Service firefighters who were overtaken by the Twisp River Fire Aug. 19 did all they could but couldn’t have saved themselves under the prevailing conditions. That’s the opinion of Okanogan County Sheriff Frank Rogers, whose office did its own investigation. The incident ended in the deaths of three of the firefighters and serious burns to the fourth, who remains hospitalized.
- PUB DATE: 10/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: Wenatchee World