The Washington Fire Chiefs is concerned about the recent announcement of further rate increases by Labor & Industries.  We have expressed our concerns to Director Joel Sacks, through the following letter, and would encourage you to express concern on behalf of your individual agency as well.

A small fire damaged a Bellingham duplex Monday afternoon, Nov. 2, in the Roosevelt neighborhood. Neighbors of the Hillside Homes — a city housing authority development — called 911 about 2:20 p.m. to report smoke and flames coming from the first floor at 2166 Hillside Lane, off Yew Street. Firefighters from Station 4, around the corner, arrived moments later to find one of the windows had broken open from the heat.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2015 2:24:55 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

A small fire damaged a Bellingham duplex Monday afternoon, Nov. 2, in the Roosevelt neighborhood. Neighbors of the Hillside Homes — a city housing authority development — called 911 about 2:20 p.m. to report smoke and flames coming from the first floor at 2166 Hillside Lane, off Yew Street. Firefighters from Station 4, around the corner, arrived moments later to find one of the windows had broken open from the heat.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2015 2:24:55 AM - SOURCE: Bellingham Herald

Parker Ewing was asleep in bed when he felt heat on his face. He opened his eyes and saw black smoke. "I tried to get under it but I was inhaling more and more black smoke," the 15-year-old recalled of when his family's Federal Way home burned in a fire on Friday morning. Parker managed to crawl out the front door, across the porch and down the front steps.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2015 1:42:54 AM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror

Parker Ewing was asleep in bed when he felt heat on his face. He opened his eyes and saw black smoke. "I tried to get under it but I was inhaling more and more black smoke," the 15-year-old recalled of when his family's Federal Way home burned in a fire on Friday morning. Parker managed to crawl out the front door, across the porch and down the front steps.
- PUB DATE: 11/3/2015 1:42:54 AM - SOURCE: Federal Way Mirror