Hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical fire retardant were dumped from planes all over wildlands in Washington last fire season, more than almost anywhere in the West. And this summer’s even bigger fire season could see just as much of the crimson chemical slurry dumped on the landscape, if not more.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2015 9:15:58 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

Hundreds of thousands of gallons of chemical fire retardant were dumped from planes all over wildlands in Washington last fire season, more than almost anywhere in the West. And this summer’s even bigger fire season could see just as much of the crimson chemical slurry dumped on the landscape, if not more.
- PUB DATE: 9/27/2015 9:15:58 AM - SOURCE: Yakima Herald-Republic

He was supposed to be trained as a seeing eye dog, there was just one problem: he couldn't turn off his nose. For the past five years, Mako put that nose to work for the Spokane Valley Fire Department as an arson dog. Now, instead of sniffing for accelerants, he's sniffing through retirement. "When I first came up with the idea and presented it to the department I knew it was going to be a lot of work and I knew it was going to be rewarding," Rick Freier, Mako's handler, said.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2015 6:44:21 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

He was supposed to be trained as a seeing eye dog, there was just one problem: he couldn't turn off his nose. For the past five years, Mako put that nose to work for the Spokane Valley Fire Department as an arson dog. Now, instead of sniffing for accelerants, he's sniffing through retirement. "When I first came up with the idea and presented it to the department I knew it was going to be a lot of work and I knew it was going to be rewarding," Rick Freier, Mako's handler, said.
- PUB DATE: 9/26/2015 6:44:21 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4

Too much of a good thing; that's what Stevens County is dealing with: a surplus of donations left over from this historic wildfire season. When the fires swept through Stevens County, the community came out in a big way by donating to the firefighters and families affected by fire. But now there are too many donations left over, and volunteers at the Stevens County Fairgrounds are left to figure out what to do with a warehouse filled with piles of clothes, toiletries and other items.
- PUB DATE: 9/25/2015 7:17:57 PM - SOURCE: KXLY-TV ABC 4