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Posted: Sep 13, 2015

Clallam County businesses pitch in to buy pet oxygen masks for fire departments

Clallam County pets, from a rabbit to a Great Dane, now have a better chance of surviving a house fire thanks to a business owner and dog trainer. Paul Collins, owner of Enviroclean NW and a dog trainer, recently organized a donation drive to purchase five pet oxygen mask kits for local use after hearing of a donation of 20 such masks to the Seattle Fire Department in July.
- PUB DATE: 9/13/2015 7:37:41 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Sep 12, 2015

Investigation underway after man, 12 dogs die in Port Angeles house fire

Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that killed Patrick Leon Lewis, 63, inside his home at 218 E. Lopez Ave. early Friday. Port Angeles police identified Lewis on Saturday afternoon. Friends of his at the Front Street Alibi restaurant, however, said earlier they were sure he was the man they knew as Leo Lewis, who raised German shepherds.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2015 7:39:46 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Sep 12, 2015

Investigation underway after man, 12 dogs die in Port Angeles house fire

Investigators are probing the cause of a fire that killed Patrick Leon Lewis, 63, inside his home at 218 E. Lopez Ave. early Friday. Port Angeles police identified Lewis on Saturday afternoon. Friends of his at the Front Street Alibi restaurant, however, said earlier they were sure he was the man they knew as Leo Lewis, who raised German shepherds.
- PUB DATE: 9/12/2015 7:39:46 PM - SOURCE: Port Angeles Peninsula Daily News
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Posted: Sep 11, 2015

After A Bad Fire Season, Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities

This wildfire season has hit northwest tribal lands particularly hard. Firefighters’ first priority is “life and property.” But some tribal members wonder why protecting some kinds of property—like farms and even second homes— comes before tribal forest land. Several inches of ash blanket the ground where a wildfire recently passed through a pine forest on the Colville Reservation.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 10:50:34 AM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio
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Posted: Sep 11, 2015

After A Bad Fire Season, Northwest Tribes Question Federal Firefighting Priorities

This wildfire season has hit northwest tribal lands particularly hard. Firefighters’ first priority is “life and property.” But some tribal members wonder why protecting some kinds of property—like farms and even second homes— comes before tribal forest land. Several inches of ash blanket the ground where a wildfire recently passed through a pine forest on the Colville Reservation.
- PUB DATE: 9/11/2015 10:50:34 AM - SOURCE: KUOW 94.9FM - Puget Sound Public Radio
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