North Whidbey: Meet your new fire chief. Mike Brown, 58, is the boss of North Whidbey Fire and Rescue, the people who come to give you a hand if you get into trouble outside city limits from Deception Pass to Libbey Road. He knows the island after serving as the deputy chief for the district the past three years.
- PUB DATE: 8/29/2015 2:51:12 PM - SOURCE: Whidbey News-Times

Homeowners frantically asked for help as a swiftly moving wildfire headed toward their houses, 911 audio calls show, and dispatchers tried to clear up confusion over injured firefighters from a blaze in Washington state that ultimately killed three firefighters. The Aug. 19 fire near Twisp, Washington, also injured four firefighters - one critically.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 3:47:34 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Homeowners frantically asked for help as a swiftly moving wildfire headed toward their houses, 911 audio calls show, and dispatchers tried to clear up confusion over injured firefighters from a blaze in Washington state that ultimately killed three firefighters. The Aug. 19 fire near Twisp, Washington, also injured four firefighters - one critically.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 3:47:34 PM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

The Okanogan County fairgrounds have been taken over by thousands of firefighters and support crews. Local leaders are struggling to figure out what to do about the county fair, which is scheduled to be held at those same fairgrounds in two weeks. Officials estimate around 1,800 people are living there while battling the Okanogan Complex.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 10:50:52 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2

The Okanogan County fairgrounds have been taken over by thousands of firefighters and support crews. Local leaders are struggling to figure out what to do about the county fair, which is scheduled to be held at those same fairgrounds in two weeks. Officials estimate around 1,800 people are living there while battling the Okanogan Complex.
- PUB DATE: 8/28/2015 10:50:52 AM - SOURCE: KREM-TV CBS 2