East Pierce Fire & Rescue is set to hire four firefighters a year after facing several financial challenges in a short period of time. The union, Local 3520, announced the new positions in a Facebook post Tuesday. The goal is to replace positions that were left open following retirements in the past five years and begin the process of improving service, the announcement states.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 7:06:40 AM - SOURCE: Tacoma News Tribune

Fire Engineering Editor in Chief Bobby Halton is in Washington, D.C., attending a demonstration by 9/11 firefighters and police seeking extension of the Zadroga Act, which provides health care for those responders suffering deleterious effects of working at Ground Zero in the wake of the attacks.

RELATED

Firefighters Urge Congress to Pass Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Reauthorization Act

Jon Stewart Lobbies on Behalf of 9/11 First Responders

Billy Goldfeder: Get To Know Your Neighbors...The Ones Who Died Last Week

1,140 WTC 9/11 Responders Have Cancer

9/11 Responders with Rare Cancer Denied Coverage

Curiosity caught this cat behind a water heater, but a creative crew of Yakima firefighters cleared her from captivity. A resident in the 1100 block of North 22nd Avenue called the fire department’s downtown station about 10:25 a.m. Wednesday to report that he was concerned because he had found his cat, 7-year-old Tabitha, stuck in a narrow cavity between the water heater and two adjoining walls, Capt.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 5:13:51 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Curiosity caught this cat behind a water heater, but a creative crew of Yakima firefighters cleared her from captivity. A resident in the 1100 block of North 22nd Avenue called the fire department’s downtown station about 10:25 a.m. Wednesday to report that he was concerned because he had found his cat, 7-year-old Tabitha, stuck in a narrow cavity between the water heater and two adjoining walls, Capt.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 5:13:51 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Fire crews are not yet sure what started a house fire that caused extensive damage to a vacant home on North Tower Avenue Tuesday afternoon. Riverside Fire Authority and Chehalis Fire Department crews responded at about 2:10 p.m. Tuesday afternoon to a report of a house fire in the 900 block of North Tower Avenue in Centralia.
- PUB DATE: 12/3/2015 4:07:30 AM - SOURCE: Centralia Chronicle