The Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Board of Commissioners voted last week to install a roughly $15,000 security surveillance camera system, but commissioner candidate Brigitte Schran-Brown and firefighters who are part of the local union were quick to call for a second look at the project. Schran-Brown says her call for reconsideration comes mostly because the cameras are to be installed inside the vehicle and maintenance bays where staff members work, not simply outside, and that installing them raises both financial and morale concerns at the district, which faces challenges in both areas.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 1:14:58 PM - SOURCE: Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

The Vashon Island Fire & Rescue Board of Commissioners voted last week to install a roughly $15,000 security surveillance camera system, but commissioner candidate Brigitte Schran-Brown and firefighters who are part of the local union were quick to call for a second look at the project. Schran-Brown says her call for reconsideration comes mostly because the cameras are to be installed inside the vehicle and maintenance bays where staff members work, not simply outside, and that installing them raises both financial and morale concerns at the district, which faces challenges in both areas.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 1:14:58 PM - SOURCE: Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Oak Harbor firefighters and police officers battled Friday night to see who could grow the most manly of male adornments — the mustache. The men had one month to turn bare skin and testosterone into luxurious lip warmers. This year, firefighter Paul Schroer took top honors for “Best Mustache” with a simple, smooth dark caterpillar.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 1:10:15 PM - SOURCE: Whidbey News-Times

Oak Harbor firefighters and police officers battled Friday night to see who could grow the most manly of male adornments — the mustache. The men had one month to turn bare skin and testosterone into luxurious lip warmers. This year, firefighter Paul Schroer took top honors for “Best Mustache” with a simple, smooth dark caterpillar.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 1:10:15 PM - SOURCE: Whidbey News-Times

One person was found dead inside an RV that was destroyed by fire Wednesday morning in rural Pierce County, officials said. Firefighters responded to the scene, about four miles east of Roy near 286th Street East and 11th Avenue East, just before 7 a.m. Arriving crews found a 26-foot RV fully ablaze next to a large barn used for boarding horses.
- PUB DATE: 11/4/2015 9:16:14 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000