It was the scorched earth that sobered both men as they drove east toward Tonasket. In late August, local business owners Rob Paylor and Patrick Durney loaded up their trucks with a week of food to feed Eastern Washington fire fighters in what has become the largest forest fire in our state’s history.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2015 1:15:31 PM - SOURCE: The North Coast News

The Okanogan complex fire, which has injured seven and destroyed or damaged 123 residences to date, has burned 148,780 acres and is 70 percent contained. Some 1,300 firefighters are still battling the fires, which have cost $30.3 million to date, according a Monday report from the fire-incident command.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: seattle times

When a winter storm struck in the early 1990s, dumping snow and exasperating the Puget Sound region, a Kitsap County Sheriff's Office repeater tower on Gold Mountain went dark, leaving communities like Kingston, Olalla and Seabeck out of contact. Dean Heistand, now technical system supervisor for Kitsap's 911 service, CenCom, strapped tools and test equipment onto his back, snowshoes on his feet and went trekking up the mountain with a deputy to bring the tower back to life.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firehouse

A 19-year-old Everett man was killed in a fiery car crash during a police chase Monday near Everett, officials said. The incident began at about 9 p.m. when a 1994 BMW sedan was reported stolen from the 14600 block of 58th Drive SE in unincorporated Everett, said Aaron Snell of the Everett police. Deputies later spotted the stolen car heading east on Cathcart Way.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news

A year-old plan to cross-train Alexandria firefighters and paramedics and add a fourth person to every firetruck is encountering resistance from city paramedics, who say it is unworkable unless the city hires more staff. Alexandria Fire Chief Robert Dubé said that his plan will ensure that at least one person in every fire crew will be certified in advanced life support.
- PUB DATE: 9/8/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the washington post