Talks of forming a regional fire authority in Marysville have cooled off. The city and the fire district met for months to talk about creating a fire authority, a new government body that would levy taxes and provide fire protection and emergency medical services in the city and surrounding area. Fire authorities have become a fashionable idea in Snohomish County that often flounders on the details.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2015 2:15:03 AM - SOURCE: Everett Herald

Fire crews faced challenging conditions while fighting a 2-alarm fire overnight at Kadow’s Marina along the Columbia River. No one was hurt in the fire. Firefighters arrived at the marina around 10:30 p.m. Sunday to find two burning house boats, with flames spreading to a third. Clark County Fire officials said there aren’t any fire hydrants in the area, and the limited water supply added to problems with the slippery docks and hanging power lines.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KATU

A Burnet Fire Department ambulance rear-ended a semi Friday evening. The Burnet Fire Department has identified the paramedic driving the ambulance was firefighter and EMT Daniel Hampton. Hampton died as a result as his injuries. Hampton was a two year veteran of the Burnet Fire Department and is survived by his spouse and four children.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KXAN-TV NBC 36 Austin

The 2015 IAFF firefighter memorial was held Saturday, Sept. 19 at Memorial Park. Thousands of people were there to pay tribute to firefighters across America and Canada. A newly renovated memorial was unveiled with the names of those who paid the ultimate price. “This event here means everything to the firefighters,” President of Colorado Springs Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 5, Justin Koch said.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: FOX21News.com

White smoke from a fire is billowing out the windows of a two-story home, and somewhere inside are three victims. Rigs from San Francisco Fire Station 7 squeal onto the scene. The firefighters pry open the metal front door. A child is rescued from under the living room couch, and two adults are saved from an upstairs bedroom.
- PUB DATE: 9/21/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firerescue1