Just days before a series of deadly, record-setting wildfires began exploding across Washington, the acting chief pilot for the state’s wildfire-attack helicopters wrote a letter to his superiors. Unfilled pilot positions were grounding some helicopters, John Adolphson wrote to senior staff at the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2015 8:39:25 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times - metered site

Just days before a series of deadly, record-setting wildfires began exploding across Washington, the acting chief pilot for the state’s wildfire-attack helicopters wrote a letter to his superiors. Unfilled pilot positions were grounding some helicopters, John Adolphson wrote to senior staff at the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2015 8:39:25 PM - SOURCE: Seattle Times - metered site

Some tense moments Thursday at the yakima airport, thankfully, it was just a training exercise. Local emergency responders spent the day learning what to do if there's a shooter and a lot of people hurt. Every three years the yakima airport is required by federal law to simulate a mass casualty emergency.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2015 5:17:15 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Some tense moments Thursday at the yakima airport, thankfully, it was just a training exercise. Local emergency responders spent the day learning what to do if there's a shooter and a lot of people hurt. Every three years the yakima airport is required by federal law to simulate a mass casualty emergency.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2015 5:17:15 PM - SOURCE: NBCRightNow.com

Kristen Thorstenson, a community resource specialist at Snohomish County Fire District 1, has been honored with a statewide award for her dedication and hard work in child passenger safety. The Washington Child Passenger Safety Program named Thorstenson as the outstanding child passenger safety technician instructor for 2015.
- PUB DATE: 9/17/2015 1:17:34 PM - SOURCE: Edmonds Beacon