Amid the bright images of smiling grandchildren on Marv Koorn’s Oak Harbor office wall is a stark black-and-white photo. The tall, lanky fire chief is standing next to the wreckage of a three-car crash on Highway 20. It’s night, and firefighters are pulling nine injured people from the wreckage. In one arm Koorn is holding a radio, in command of the scene.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2015 1:09:34 PM - SOURCE: Whidbey News-Times

Authorities arrested a Vancouver man this morning after he allegedly set a portion of an occupied apartment complex on fire in Hazel Dell. The Clark County Sheriff’s Office and Clark County Fire District 6 responded shortly after 6 a.m. to a small blaze at the Oak Tree Apartments at 7317 N.E. Hazel Dell Ave, according to a news release from the sheriff's office.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2015 9:39:24 AM - SOURCE: Vancouver Columbian

A wildfire burning near the Oregon border has forced the evacuation of an entire small Washington town, authorities said. The Klickitat County sheriff's office issued the mandatory order for the town of Roosevelt on Tuesday afternoon. An estimated 300 people were evacuated, and a shelter was set up in a local school.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: komo news

Let's also sub-title this story, as stated by "Ronald The Arsonist" in the world's greatest movie "BACKDRAFT"... "The Funny Thing About Firemen Is, Night & Day, They're Always Firemen" Years ago I received an email from a Firefighter in Florida who has the same last name I do. He wrote me, reaching out, to make a connection.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: firefighterclosecalls.com

The Hayward fire chief has been spared his job despite serving a one-month suspension earlier this year for repeatedly driving city vehicles while under the influence of alcohol, fighting with a subordinate and failing to respond to a “significant” fire while on call, an investigation found. Fire Chief Garrett Contreras, 41, was suspended without pay from June 13 to July 12 and had his pay docked by 9 percent as a result of an investigation that found he drove city vehicles while under the influence on at least four occasions, according to a letter written to the chief by City Manager Fran David.
- PUB DATE: 8/5/2015 12:00:00 AM - SOURCE: san francisco chronicle