West Thurston Regional Fire Authority Captain Brent Allen Strong (after a long courageous fight against duty related brain cancer) died on September 20th, 2015. Brent was 47 year old (born June 27th, 1968). Captain Strong started his career with Littlerock Fire Rescue in January 1997, after serving for many years as a volunteer with Littlerock (Thurston County Fire District 11), Lewis County Fire District 12, and Tumwater. Captain Strong also served with the City of Olympia and Tumwater as a temporary career firefighter.  Captain Strong was an inspiring leader and Training Officer, who loved to serve his community and mentor his students and colleagues. Captain Strong was a pioneer in the fire training arena and instrumental in the development and success of the Thurston County Fire Academy, Thurston County Training Consortium, Littlerock Fire Rescue and West Thurston Regional Fire Authority...

The 1,183 acre Meeks Table Fire on the Naches Ranger District is now 60 percent contained and not expected to grow further, fire officials said Monday. A reduced crew of about?100 firefighters will continue to patrol the fire and put out remaining hot spots, but ?construction of fire lines is complete, according to the Monday news release from the Forest Service.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:40:46 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

The 1,183 acre Meeks Table Fire on the Naches Ranger District is now 60 percent contained and not expected to grow further, fire officials said Monday. A reduced crew of about?100 firefighters will continue to patrol the fire and put out remaining hot spots, but ?construction of fire lines is complete, according to the Monday news release from the Forest Service.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:40:46 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

After traveling almost 2,000 miles to Colorado, a group of Fort Lauderdale firefighters didn't expect to deal with any emergencies. Then they heard screaming. Running to see what the commotion was about, they found a young woman had been bitten by a rattlesnake while walking her dog in Pulpit Rock Park, on the north end of Colorado Springs.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: sun sentinel

The Brainerd City Council Monday night approved a resolution restructuring the Brainerd Fire Department from a mix of full-time and paid on-call firefighters to a fully paid on-call department. A group consisting of Fire Chief Tim Holmes, city officials and representatives from the Minnesota Professional Firefighters, the firefighters union, have been working on restructuring discussions for about three months.
- PUB DATE: 9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: brainerd dispatch