Orcas Island Fire and Rescue Chief Mik Preysz was confirmed as official Fire and Rescue Chief by the OIFR Board of Commissioners on November 19 (retroactive to October 16) after a six-month period as Interim Chief following the resignation of former Chief Kevin O'Brien last spring. A career Deputy Sheriff, Firefighter, and Paramedic for nearly 39 years, Preysz has refined his leadership in those roles.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 1:18:25 PM - SOURCE: San Juan Islands' Sounder

Orcas Island Fire and Rescue Chief Mik Preysz was confirmed as official Fire and Rescue Chief by the OIFR Board of Commissioners on November 19 (retroactive to October 16) after a six-month period as Interim Chief following the resignation of former Chief Kevin O'Brien last spring. A career Deputy Sheriff, Firefighter, and Paramedic for nearly 39 years, Preysz has refined his leadership in those roles.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 1:18:25 PM - SOURCE: San Juan Islands' Sounder

A Yakima family is counting their blessings after a fire destroyed a good portion of their home Sunday night. Owners of a local business, Cascade Gardens, woke up to what they thought were the family pets at the back door, but turned out to be flames shooting through the back windows of their home. "The next thing I know it's just too loud to ignore and I get up, open the doors to one of the rooms in the house, and it's just full of flames," homeowner Eileen Weresch told us.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 12:36:58 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

A Yakima family is counting their blessings after a fire destroyed a good portion of their home Sunday night. Owners of a local business, Cascade Gardens, woke up to what they thought were the family pets at the back door, but turned out to be flames shooting through the back windows of their home. "The next thing I know it's just too loud to ignore and I get up, open the doors to one of the rooms in the house, and it's just full of flames," homeowner Eileen Weresch told us.
- PUB DATE: 12/7/2015 12:36:58 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

A volunteer fire department in South Carolina reported that one of its fire trucks caught fire recently, and posted pictures of the burning apparatus on its Facebook page.

The C&B Volunteer Fire Department in Ladson said that crews had put up Christmas lights outside the station and were driving Tower 401 around the block to place it back into the station when the fire occurred. A user on the post indicated that no one was injured in the event.

More info: http://www.cbfiredepartment.info/