A small child playing with a lighter started a fire that set off the sprinkler system at the Yakima YWCA late this morning, Yakima firefighters said. The fire was quickly extinguished, but the resulting flood of water damaged Christmas presents in a basement storage room, YWCA executive director Amy Flynn said.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2015 2:33:23 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

A small child playing with a lighter started a fire that set off the sprinkler system at the Yakima YWCA late this morning, Yakima firefighters said. The fire was quickly extinguished, but the resulting flood of water damaged Christmas presents in a basement storage room, YWCA executive director Amy Flynn said.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2015 2:33:23 PM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

The Eastside Fire & Rescue board has made an offer to an Arizona fire chief to fill the open Eastside Fire chief position as soon as Feb. 1, 2016. "I'm excited to get started," said Jeff Clark of the Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department in Chandler, Arizona, Monday. "Overall, it's not my goals that are important, but what we do as an entity.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2015 1:03:43 PM - SOURCE: Issaquah & Summamish Reporter

The Eastside Fire & Rescue board has made an offer to an Arizona fire chief to fill the open Eastside Fire chief position as soon as Feb. 1, 2016. "I'm excited to get started," said Jeff Clark of the Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department in Chandler, Arizona, Monday. "Overall, it's not my goals that are important, but what we do as an entity.
- PUB DATE: 12/22/2015 1:03:43 PM - SOURCE: Issaquah & Summamish Reporter

CCTV shared this video of a firefighter jumping from a window at a commercial structure fire with his PPE on fire. Watch as the firefighter calmly but urgently tries to rig something to help him descend from the window safely before his turnout gear caught fire, making it necessary to jump.