A charter boat captain from Kitsap County said he wasn't about to let burglars off the hook after they stole his fishing gear. Instead, Captain Randy Jones took off after the alleged thieves in a chase that had a fiery ending. Police say two burglary suspects managed to get out of their van just moments before it burst into flames near the Bremerton Airport early Sunday.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

As Washington state's wildfires burned into the record books Monday, calls for help were answered from far and near. Fire managers from New Zealand and Australia arrived to contribute to a ground campaign led by firefighters from across the West and augmented by U.S. soldiers. The flames that claimed the lives of three firefighters, injured four others and burned 200 homes also inspired an outpouring of volunteers who have been invited for the first time in state history to help battle the blazes.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

A team of juvenile inmates helping the firefight in eastern Washington was pulled from the fire line Monday after one of the troubled teens escaped and tried to take his own life. A team of 20 juvenile inmates from the Nesalle Youth Camp had been part of a program working alongside the Department of Natural Resources, helping bring Washington's relentless fires under control.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: KOMO-TV ABC 4 and Radio 1000

Two thieves in Stevens County picked an unlikely target Monday morning: the firefighters at Stevens County Fire District 7. Crews from the all-volunteer department saw two young men in hoodies running away from a truck parked outside the station just before 5 a.m. Monday, Fire Chief Joe Paccerelli said.
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: the spokesman-review

More than 10,000 fire and emergency service leaders, experts, exhibitors, guests and industry partners from around the globe will assemble August 26-30 in Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress Center for Fire-Rescue International (FRI), the annual conference of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC).
- PUB DATE: 8/25/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: International Association of Fire Chief