A long-abandoned house burned to the ground near Ferndale on Saturday, Dec. 26, and firefighters say the cause could be arson. The house, located at 5394 Hovander Road near Tennant Lake, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. Three fire engines and one water tender were unable to save the abandoned house, said District 7 Fire Chief Gary Russell.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 3:19:27 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

A Soap Lake man allegedly assaulted a firefighter at the scene of a three-vehicle collision in Ephrata and kicked out a window on a police vehicle. Grant County prosecutors charged Omar Herrera, 20, of Soap Lake, with first-degree malicious mischief (public service interruption) and third-degree assault (firefighter) in Grant County Superior Court.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 2:35:57 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

A Soap Lake man allegedly assaulted a firefighter at the scene of a three-vehicle collision in Ephrata and kicked out a window on a police vehicle. Grant County prosecutors charged Omar Herrera, 20, of Soap Lake, with first-degree malicious mischief (public service interruption) and third-degree assault (firefighter) in Grant County Superior Court.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 2:35:57 AM - SOURCE: Columbia Basin Herald

A coalition of fire chiefs, responding to an increase in repeated drug overdoses by the same people, is seeking state money to hire drug counselors who can train first responders in how to better direct victims toward treatment and recovery services. Emergency responders this year have administered nearly 3,000 doses of the opioid antidote naloxone, known by its brand name Narcan.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: WMUR ABC

(VIDEO) What volunteer Fire Chief Nate Tracey did Monday morning was what any trained rescue worker would have done, he said. He just happened to be the first one there. The call came in as a crash with unknown injuries. It was in the first block of Indian Rock Dam Road in York Township and Tracey's department, Goodwill Fire Company, was the first one assigned to the incident.
- PUB DATE: 12/29/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: The Evening Sun